A ………………. Does not have a distinguishing attribute if its own and mostly are dependent entities, which are part of some another entity. A) Weak entity B) Strong entity C) Non attributes entity D) Dependent entity

A ………………. Does not have a distinguishing attribute if its own and mostly are dependent entities,  which are part of some another entity.
A) Weak entity
B) Strong entity
C) Non attributes entity
D) Dependent entity
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A) Weak entity
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