[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

virtual storage access method
     
         vsam an ibm disk file storage scheme first used
        in s/370 and virtual storage.  vsam comprises three access
        methods: keyed sequenced data set ksds, relative record
        data set rrds, and entry sequenced data set esds.
     
        both ims/db and db2 are implemented on top of vsam and use
        its underlying data structures.
     
        "storage" or "sequential"?
     
        2002-07-26
     
     
see also:
ibm s/370 keyed sequenced data set relative record data set entry sequenced data set ims/db 
db2 

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