RAKSHA SAGAR presentation on processing of traditional file management
- 1. PROCESSING OF TRADITIONAL FILE MANAGEMENT Presented by Raksha Sagar
- 2. TRADITIONAL FILE MANAGEMENT REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AND STORING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS, DATA, AND INFORMATION USING MANUAL METHODS AND PHYSICAL STORAGE MEDIUMS LIKE PAPER FILES, CABINETS, AND FOLDERS. BEFORE THE ADVENT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, THIS WAS THE PRIMARY METHOD OF MANAGING INFORMATION IN BUSINESSES, OFFICES, AND HOMES. TRADITIONAL FILE MANAGEMENT
- 3. DISADVANTAGES OF TRADITIONAL FILE SYSTEM • IT WAS TIME CONSUMING. • INSUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE RECORD OF BIG FIRM HAVING LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS. • IT REQUIRED A LOT OF LABOR WORK. TO OVERCOME THESE DISADVANTAGES AND TO MAKE THE PROCESSING FAST, FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED.
- 4. PROCESSING OF TRADITIONAL FILE MANAGEMENT Traditional or simple file processing is the first computer based method to handle business application. In the past, many organizations stored data in file on tape or disc. The data was managed using file processing system. In our typical file processing system, each department in an organization has its own set of files. The files are designed specially for their own applications. The records in one file are not related to the records in any other file. Business organization have used file processing system for many years. But this system has many disadvantages.
- 5. TRADITIONAL FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM LET US TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF COLLEGE WHERE STUDENT RECORD FOR EXAMINATION IS STORED IN ONE FILE AND HIS LIBRARY RECORD IS STORED IN DIFFERENT FILE THAT CREATES MANY DUPLICATE VALUES LIKE ROLL NO, NAME, ADDRESS ETC.
- 6. • It stores data of an organization in group of files. • Files carrying data are independent on each other. • COBOL, C, C++ programming languages were used to design the files. • Each file contains data for some specific area or department like library, student fees, and student examinations. • File in Traditional file processing systems are called flat files. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM Daniel Gallego
- 7. DISADVANTAGES OF FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM • Data redundancy and inconsistency • Data isolation • Integrity problem • Program data dependency • Atomicity problem • Security problems • Program maintenance
- 8. THANK YOU ! PRESENTED BY RAKSHA SAGAR