A reviewing process in which a representative sample of data is manually processed through an algorithm, flowchart, pseudocode or coded program to locate logic errors.

A printed line that contains information about a single entity (person, thing, etc.).

Refers to a report which contains detail lines.

Direct Access: The ability to go directly to a record without having to first read all preceding records.Serial access: Processing records in a file by starting with the first record and taking each succeeding record in turn.Sequential access: A special case of serial access in which the records in the file are in order on one or more fields.

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