Multiple choice

Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?

  1. Character, file, record, field, database

  2. Character, record, field, database, file

  3. Character, field, record, file, database

  4. Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database,

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Data hierarchy in computing progresses from the smallest unit of storage to the largest. A character is a single unit, which forms a field, multiple fields form a record, multiple records form a file, and a collection of files forms a database.

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