Medium-Easy Understand RDBMS & SQL Multiple Choice

In PostgreSQL, what is the advantage of JSONB over the JSON data type?

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A JSONB preserves key order and duplicate keys; JSON does not
B JSONB stores data in binary format, supports GIN indexing, and has faster query performance; JSON stores raw text
C JSONB is human-readable; JSON requires decoding
D JSONB supports nested arrays; JSON only supports flat objects

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