In a file allocation system, the following allocation schemes are used: (A) Contiguous allocation, (B) Indexed allocation, (C) Linked allocation. Which allocation scheme(s) will NOT suffer from external fragmentation?
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Correct answer: C. (C) (B) and (C) only
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