Parallel array processing

This assignment is designed to introduce you to some of the aspects of data base management systems. Traditional data bases have some elementary operations that are implemented to meet user’s needs appropriately. First of all, records must be added to the data base. This will be part of our input operation. As we read the data in from an input file, we’ll be adding it to storage for later reference. Secondly, we’ll need to search the data base for those data values that are of interest to us. This could represent a search for a particular data record or it could be a search whereby we generate a subset of the data all with data subfields equal to some value. Finally, we will need to delete records or modify records in a data base. Our current exercise will provide us with the opportunity to demonstrate some of these features of data base management.