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Free Format.
A physical file structure that specifies the order of variables in a
file and that they are delimited from each other by a special character or
characters (usually a blank or other whitespace). Free format files may have
variable physical record lengths ; when they do,
they are typically delimited by a newline character
at the end of each line. Contrast with
Fixed Format .
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MIT Tech TV relaunches
MIT Tech TV, the video-sharing site for the MIT community, relaunched its site this week with a host of new features to make it more user friendly.
Q
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A with Information Technology VP Jerry Grochow
MIT Vice President for Information Services and Technology Jerrold "Jerry" Grochow shares his insights about the Institute's changing computing infrastructure and how it will benefit the community.
Honeybee dances and stock market swings
What do dancing honeybees and stock markets have in common? At first glance, not much. An MIT graduate student has developed a methodology for automatically constructing computer models that can accurately describe the behavior of such complex systems.
Digging out from piles of sticky notes
In an attempt to better organize scraps of information, a team of MIT computer scientists has developed several software programs that allow users to easily enter, store and retrieve all kinds of information, from e-mail addresses to a list of restaurants you've visited.
OCW welcomes 50 million visitors
MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW) has now shared MIT course materials with more than 50 million visitors worldwide, indicating how OCW has grown from a bold idea into a global movement that is reshaping the role of the university in the digital age.
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