G06F 7/32
Merging, i.e. combining data contained in ordered sequence on at least two
Official title: Merging, i.e. combining data contained in ordered sequence on at least two record carriers to produce a single carrier or set of carriers having all the original data in the ordered sequence {merging methods in general}(G06F7/36 takes precedence)
G06F7/32 (Merging, i.e. combining data contained in ordered sequence on at least two) appears on 111 US grants and 113 published applications in this corpus.
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- Method of merging large databases in parallel145US 5,497,486 A1996
- Method of merging large databases in parallel72US 5,717,915 A1998
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