A file of 4096 blocks is to be sorted with an available buffer space of 64 blocks. How many passes will be needed in the merge phase of the external sort-merge algorithm?
What will be an ideal response?
We first need to compute the number of runs, n , in the merge phase.
R
Using the formula in the text, we have
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) Centered B) Justified C) Left-aligned D) Right-aligned
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A) videos B) text C) spreadsheet D) music
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false