After successfully creating a hard link called bar to the ordinary file foo, foo is deleted from the filesystem. Which of the following describes the resulting situation?

Hard links mean multiple names point to the same data; deleting one name does not remove all other names or the data itself, unless it's the last link.

A hard link creates an additional directory entry pointing to the same inode as the original file. When `foo` is deleted, its directory entry is removed, and the link count on the inode decreases, but the underlying data and the inode persist because `bar` still points to them, making `bar` fully accessible.

`bar` would remain completely usable because it is just another name referencing the identical data blocks and inode as `foo` did.

`foo` is explicitly stated as deleted, meaning its directory entry is removed from the filesystem.

Deleting a file with existing hard links simply decrements the link count on the inode; there is no prompt to remove other links.