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Permanent Storage
Permanent Storage
Variables are temporary - turn off the computer and they're gone! Files provide permanent storage. Think of files like notebooks - you can write in them, read from them, and they're still there tomorrow. Games save your progress to files. Apps store your settings. Databases are just organised files. Without file handling, every program would start fresh every time!
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Which OCR pseudocode command is used to open a file called 'scores.txt' for reading?
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Every real exam question we've found on file handling, with a full worked answer.