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Explain the concept of physical data independence, and its importance in
database systems.

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Physical data independence is the ability to modify the physical scheme without making it necessary to rewrite application programs. Such modifications include changing from unblocked to blocked record storage, or from sequential to random access files. Such a modification might be adding a field to a record; an application program’s view hides this change from the program.

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