A file pointer is a position in a random access file. Because files can be very large,
The file pointer is of type _______.
A) double
B) byte
C) int
D) long

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The file pointer is of type long because it needs to be able to store a large value that represents the current position in the file, which could be at any location in a potentially very large file. The other data types (double, byte, int) are not large enough to handle such values, so long is the best choice.

A File Pointer Is a Position in a Random Access