Computers: Universe: Life, the UniVerse, and Everything

Introduction: Introduction to this course
Acknowledgements: Commercial Acknowledgements

About...

About Universe: About the Universe DBMS
UniVerse and UNIX: UniVerse and the UNIX operating system
The UniVerse Paradigm: The conceptual framework of Universe

Prompt

The Command Prompt: Using the ">" prompt
The Command Stack: Accessing your command history

Files

UniVerse Files: Data storage in Universe
Directory Files: Directory or Type 1 Files
Static Files: Static or fixed modulo hashed Files
Dynamic Files: Dynamic or Type 30 Files

Records

Records: Records and Editing
The Editor - ED: The Universe line editor: ED
Editor Macros: Programming in ED

VOC

The VOC File: The VOC or vocabulary File
Verbs: Verb (V) voc records
Keywords: Keyword (K) voc records
Paragraphs: Paragraph (PA) voc records
Sentences: Sentence (S) voc records
File Pointers: File pointer (F) voc records
Q Pointers: Q Pointer (Q) voc records
Remote Commands: Remote command (R) voc records
Other VOC Records: None of the above
LOGIN, ON.EXIT and ON.ABORT: 'In' and 'out' VOC records

Dictionaries

Dictionaries: Data definition dictionaries
Data Fields: D type or data fields
Imaginary Fields: I type or imaginary fields
Phrases: PH type or phrases
Other Dictionary Items: None of the above
The Dictonary Dictionary: Defining the data definitions
The REVISE Command: The REVISE automated data entry system
Indexing Fields: Indexing in Universe

Retrieve

The Retrieve Query Language: Universe's enquiry language
A Note on SQL: Comparing SQL and Retrieve
Listing Records: Producing ad-hoc reports
Overriding Dictionaries: Redefining data in reports
Select lists: Record 'sets' in Universe

TCL

The TCL Command Language: Universe's command language
Record Commands: Commands to manipuate records
Terminal Commands: Commands utilising your terminal or VDU
Printer Commands: Commands to control printers and printing
Menus of Commands: Creating and using command menus

Basic

UniVerse Basic: UniVerse's programming language
The Build Cycle: Editing, compiling, and running programs
Basic Syntax: ED, BASIC, RUN
Basic Types: Variable typing in Universe Basic
Basic Operators: Listing of Universe operators with precedence
Basic Arrays: Handing arrays in Universe Basic
Basic Terminal I/O: PRINT, INPUT..
Basic Conditions: IF, CASE...
Basic Loops: LOOP, REPEAT...
Basic Flow Control: GOTO, GOSUB...
Basic File I/O: READ, WRITE....
Basic External Subroutines: CATALOG, CALL...
Basic Good Practice: Writing solid and maintainable code

Back to...

Computers bit

Click here to return to the computers bit.

Nations bit

Click here to return to the home bit.

Web rings

The MultiValue Community Ring by Pathfinders

Life, the Universe, and Everything is proud to be a member of the MultiValue Community Ring, which brings together websites concerning the Pick family of operating and database management systems.

[ Join Now | Ring Hub | Random | << Prev | Next >> ]

Banner exchange

Life, the Universe, and Everything exchanges banners with other websites, including:

To link to this page, just choose your favourite picture, and add the HTML below it to your page:

<p><a href="http://www.mannyneira.com/universe">
<img src="http://www.mannyneira.com/universe/banner1.gif">
</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.mannyneira.com/universe">
<img src="http://www.mannyneira.com/universe/banner2.gif">
</a></p>