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The data block of a very large file in the Unix file system are allocated using

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indexed allocation

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an extension of indexed allocation

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Linked allocation

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Contiguous allocation

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The correct option is B an extension of indexed allocation
An extension of index allocation is used to allocate the data block of a very large file.

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