Ques : Advantage & Disadvantage of Sequential File Organization

Ans :

Advantages :

 It is fast and efficient when dealing with large volumes of data that need to be
processed periodically (batch system).

Disadvantages

 Requires that all new transactions be sorted into the proper sequence for
sequential access processing.
 Locating, storing, modifying, deleting, or adding records in the file require
rearranging the file.
 This method is too slow to handle applications requiring immediate updating or
responses.

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