In ____, any character in the opened file can be read without having to sequentially read all characters stored ahead of it first.
A) sequential access
B) sequential organization
C) random access
D) random organization

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Random access allows for any character in the file to be accessed without having to read through all the preceding characters first, whereas sequential access reads files in order from start to finish. Sequential organization and random organization are not commonly used terms related to accessing files. Random access allows for immediate access to any character in a file, without the need to read through all the preceding characters. Sequential access, on the other hand, requires reading all the previous characters in order to reach a specific one. Organization refers to the way data is stored within the file, which is not necessarily related to the method of access. Random organization could refer to any number of ways data is stored, but it doesn't indicate anything about whether random access is possible.

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