Often, the programmer’s interface with the operating system is implemented through __________.
a. an application programming interface or API
b. the user interface
c. direct calls to operating system routines
d. none of the above
a. an application programming interface or API
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What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)
1. Random access file organization behaves like a linked list in the way we access its data. 2. In a 2-3 tree, if a node has two key values, then the node has two children. 3. If a B-tree of order 5 contains the key values 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 90 and 100, and the root contains only the key value 60, then deleting the key 20 will require us to merge the two child nodes.