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Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, a person dishonestly copies data from a computer system of a firm without the owner's permission. In technology terms, which stored item would typically be affected if the data is held as part of an application software's records?

The affected item would typically be the application's database files, because application software stores the data it processes in them. BIOS, compilers and device drivers are system-level components and do not hold business transactions or customer records.

  1. AThe application's database files, which store the data processed by the applicationCorrect
  2. BThe BIOS chip, which stores user transactions
  3. CThe compiler, which stores the company's invoices
  4. DThe device driver, which stores customer records

Explanation

Application software stores the data it processes in database or data files, which is what unauthorised copying would target. The BIOS, compiler and device drivers are system-level components and do not hold transaction records.

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