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before image journal

before image journal noun: a transaction log acting as a version of a database entry before an update is recorded.

Noun

before image journal (plural before image journals)

  1. A transaction log acting as a version of a database entry before an update is recorded.
    • the server writes the original page on a before image journal maintained on disk (stable) storage.1983, Association for Computing Machinery. Special Interest Group on Management of Data (contributor), Proceedings, page 111
    • In the course of the integration effort, and converting an existing relational database management system to use the Data Management (DM) system, some problems were encountered which motivated an extension of the "before image journal" concept.1985, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems (contributor), Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, 1-4 December 1985, Orcas Island, Washington, Volume 19...

Examples of before image journal in a sentence

  • The before image journal is used for undoing the effects of aborted transactions, and for recovery from system crashes.1990, Sayyed M. Deen (editor), Practical Database Techniques, page 58:
  • The location of the before image journal.1990, Kirby McCoy, VMS file system internals, page 49:

Forms of before image journal

pluralbefore image journals

Questions about before image journal

What does before image journal mean?
Before image journal means a transaction log acting as a version of a database entry before an update is recorded.
How do you use before image journal in a sentence?
The before image journal is used for undoing the effects of aborted transactions, and for recovery from system crashes.
What part of speech is before image journal?
Before image journal is a noun.
What is the plural of before image journal?
The plural of before image journal is before image journals.

Words near before image journal in the dictionary

  1. before
  2. before and after
  3. before and afters
  4. before dark
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  6. before image journal
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  8. before it was cool
  9. before long
  10. before one can blink
  11. before one knows it

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