Design and Characteristics of a Variable-Length Record Sort Using New Fixed-Length Record Sorting Techniques This paper describes the application of several new techniques for sorting fixed-length records to the problems of variable-length record sorting. The techniques have been implemented on a Sylvania 9400 computer system with 32,000 fixed-length words of memory. Specifically, the techniques sequence variable-length records of unrestricted size, produce long initial strings of data, merge strings of data at the power of T-1, where T is the number of work tapes in a system, and do not restrict the volume of input data. CACM May,1963 Goetz, M. A. CA630516 JB March 14, 1978 10:57 AM 2017 4 851 2017 4 851 851 4 851 851 4 851 2017 5 851 851 5 851 851 5 851 851 5 851 858 5 851 865 5 851 849 6 851 850 6 851 851 6 851 852 6 851 853 6 851 854 6 851 855 6 851 856 6 851 857 6 851 858 6 851 859 6 851 860 6 851 861 6 851 862 6 851 863 6 851 864 6 851 865 6 851 866 6 851