A File Organization That Uses Hashing to Map a Key

question 7

Multiple Choice

A file organization that uses hashing to map a key into a location in an index where there is a pointer to the actual data record matching the hash key is called a:

• A) hashed file organization.
• B) hash key.
• C) multi-indexed file organization.
• D) hash index table.

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