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In Unity Catalog, what is the difference between a managed table and an external table regarding data lifecycle?

AManaged tables support all file formats; external tables only support Delta
BUnity Catalog manages both governance and the underlying data files for managed tables; external table data lifecycle is managed outside Databricks
CExternal tables are stored inside the Unity Catalog metastore; managed tables are stored in your cloud provider
DManaged tables can only be queried from the workspace that created them

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