Multiple choice technology mainframe

The max no of columns in a record is usually 80 because way back then people used to use punch cards to input data. And they had 80 blocks.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

This is historically accurate. IBM punch cards, widely used for data input in early computing, had exactly 80 columns. This physical constraint influenced many computing standards, including the 80-character line limit that persists in many systems today.

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