Anne was working on her computer studies project. She was worried of the media to use for storing her data.She settled on a media that...

Anne was working on her computer studies project. She was worried of the media to use for storing her data.She settled on a media that used serial file organization.

a) How are files organized on a storage medium using this method?

b) List two advantages offered by this type of file organization

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a)Serial file are stored and accessed one after another on a storage medium.

b)Advantages – simple, cheap.

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marto answered the question on September 18, 2019 at 06:28

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