FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES

FILE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Contiguous Allocation; it is Suitable for sequential or direct access. Say true or false
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Advantages. It is simple to implement. We will get Excellent read performance. Supports Random Access into files.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contiguous memory allocation refers to a memory management technique in which whenever there occurs a request by a user process for the memory, one of the sections of the contiguous memory block would be given to that process, in accordance with its requirement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, the contiguous file allocation method suffers from External Fragmentation. Internal fragmentation occurs when memory is divided into fixed-sized partitions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Linked allocation ii. This allocation technique supports only sequential files.

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