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If in an Indirect pointer block has:1) address is of 2 bytes and 2)one block is of 1024 bytes, then how many pointers to indirect blocks can this block have ?

  1. 400

  2. 512

  3. 1024

  4. 2048
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Explanation

Each pointer requires 2 bytes of storage. A block of 1024 bytes can therefore hold 1024/2 = 512 pointers. This determines how many indirect blocks can be pointed to by a single indirect pointer block.

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