Multiple choice

______ count indicates the number of references to a given file.

  1. Reference

  2. Usage

  3. File

  4. None of these

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Explanation

In file systems, a reference count keeps track of the number of hard links or directory entries pointing to a specific file inode. When the reference count drops to zero, the file data can be safely deleted.