12. A hashing scheme is used with A.sequential file organization B.direct file organization C.indexed sequential file organization D.partitioned file organization E.None of the above
Option B Solution: Hashing is the transformation of a string of characters into a usually shorter fixed-length value or key that represents the original string. Hashing is used to index and retrieve items in a database because it is faster to find the item using the shorter hashed key than to find it using the original value.
