The manual filing system is suitable for small organizations where fast processing and storage of
data is not required. In the EDP filing system, large amount of data can be managed efficiently. The data
storage and retrieval becomes very fast. It may be noted that in the manual filing system, the files are
generally arranged in a meaningful sequence. The records are located manually by the person in charge
of the files. However when the files are stored on the computer, the files have to be kept in such a way
that the records can be located, processed, and selected easily by the computer program. The handling
of ...
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