Exam 7: Storage

The process of writing on an optical disc is called ____.

Smaller computers and devices use _________________________ that have a diameter of three inches or less for optical storage.

Current CD-ROM drives have transfer rates ranging from ____.

____ rate is the speed with which data, instructions, and information transfer to and from a device.

The average time it takes a floppy disk drive to locate an item on a disk is ____.

Explain what disk caching is

A(n) _________________________ is a special type of USB flash drive that includes preinstalled software accessed through a Windows-type interface.

You can erase a DVD-ROM.

A hard disk's platters typically continue to spin even after power is removed from the computer.

Tape ____.

A standard CD-ROM is called a ____ disc because manufacturers write all items on the disc at one time.

As with a hard disk, the single track on an optical disc is divided into variably sized sectors on which items are stored.

The ____ is a hard disk interface that, depending on the type, can support up to eight or fifteen peripheral devices.

Current CD-RW drives have write speeds of 128X or more.

A(n) ____ flash memory card has a storage capacity of 64 MB to 1 GB.

Common types of flash memory cards include ____.

When writing or reading specific data, direct access is much slower than sequential access.

A(n) ____ is a thin, credit-card-sized device that fits into a PC Card slot.

Storage devices access items in ____.

The use of microfilm and microfiche provides all of the following advantages except ____.