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256 - Computer File Characteristics (NR)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise

2008

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

Characteristics of a computer file, such as the type of file (e.g., Computer programs), the number of records, statements, etc. (e.g., 1250 records, 5076 bytes).

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Computer file characteristics (NR)

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


256	##$aComputer data (2 files : 876,000, 775,000 records).
256	##$aComputer programs (2 files : 4300, 1250 bytes).
256	##$aData (1 file : 350 records).

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