In Hive, what is the role of the STORED BY clause in a CREATE TABLE statement?

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Specify the storage format for the Hive table

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Filter records based on a condition

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Sort the result set based on specified columns

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Group records based on a column

Q. In Hive, what is the role of the STORED BY clause in a CREATE TABLE statement?