{"product_id":"computer-data-base-organization-2nd-edition-james-martin-early-database-systems","title":"Computer Data-Base Organization, 2nd Edition — James Martin | Early Database Systems","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA substantial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1977 second edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of James Martin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComputer Data-Base Organization\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an early comprehensive treatment of database architecture published during one of the most important transitional periods in the history of computing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the mid-1970s, organizations were rapidly moving away from collections of isolated computer files toward \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edatabase management systems capable of organizing, relating, retrieving, and updating large bodies of information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Yet the technologies that would later dominate the field were still unsettled. Hierarchical and network databases remained widely used, while the relational model—introduced only a few years earlier—was beginning to reshape thinking about how information should be structured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartin’s book captures that moment in unusual detail. Its more than 700 pages examine both the logical and physical organization of databases, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003edatabase management systems and data independence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003elogical database design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelational concepts, tuples, keys, and normalization\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003esecond and third normal forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003edata description and manipulation languages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehierarchical and network database structures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCODASYL database concepts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIBM DL\/I and hierarchical databases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVSAM and indexed storage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003einverted files and information retrieval\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephysical record and disk organization\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eindexing, hashing, and search techniques\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003edata compaction and storage efficiency\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eapplication-program views of shared databases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is particularly interesting today because it documents database computing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebefore SQL and the relational model became the overwhelming commercial standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Instead, Martin presents a landscape in which multiple competing architectures coexisted, and database designers had to think explicitly about the relationships between application programs, logical data structures, and physical storage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrated diagrams are themselves artifacts of early systems engineering. They show how programmers and analysts conceptualized data layers, records, storage devices, program specification blocks, schemas, and application interfaces decades before modern graphical database-management tools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Martin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e became one of the most prolific and influential writers on business computing and information systems, later becoming closely associated with information engineering, rapid application development, distributed systems, and end-user computing. This volume represents an earlier stage of that work, when the fundamental architecture of large-scale database systems was still being established.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor collectors of computing history, it offers a detailed snapshot of the database world between the mainframe file-processing era and the relational\/database-server systems that would define subsequent decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e James Martin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1977\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Second Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e xviii + 713\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0-13-165423-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-0-13-165423-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLCCN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 76-52450\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Vintage hardcover without dust jacket. 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