linked.overflow

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Additional frames attached to a file's primary file space.

Description

'linked' or 'dynamic' overflow are the additional frames attached to a file.

As files grow and contract, additional frames are added to or removed from the groups in the primary file space. All of these extra frames are called 'linked' or 'dynamic' overflow and the number of frames is always changing.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
modulo.def Definition The number of groups allocated as the primary space of a file.
tcl.create-file Verb: Access Creates a new file.
primary.file.space Definition The number of groups allocated to a file.
hashing Definition Pick's retrieval algorithm.
group Definition Statistical gathering of frames in a file.

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