Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134444321
Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 5MC
The contents of this type of file can be viewed in an editor such as Notepad.
a. text file
b. binary file
c. English file
d. human-readable file
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