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There is wastage of storage space brought about by thew inter-record gaps(IRG)that separates records.
They are slow because data or information is read and written onto them sequentially.
Not suitable for records that are updated frequently
They have a short life span
isaacmuthini answered the question on December 12, 2017 at 06:23
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