Exam 7: Storage

A(n) _________________________ hard drive is a self-contained unit that you insert in and remove from a slot or USB port in a device or a computer.

Figure 7-1 As shown in Figure 7-1, a ____ is a vertical section of track that passes through all platters on a hard disk.

A(n) _________________________ is a duplicate of a file, program, or disk that can be used in case the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed.

A popular use of CD-RW and CD-R discs is to create audio CDs.

With ____, hard disks align the magnetic particles vertically, making much greater storage capacities possible.

The speed of a CD-ROM drive has no affect on how fast it installs programs or accesses the disc.

Depending on the type of hard disk, transfer rates range from ____.

A(n) _________________________ is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase.

Figure 7-3 Users subscribe to an online storage service like the kind advertised in Figure 7-3 to ____.

A(n) ____ is a removable flash memory device, smaller than a PC Card, that fits in an ExpressCard slot.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 2 You've begun work as a consultant to individuals and businesses, making recommendations to them about the kinds of systems they should buy and what equipment they should have. Aaron is a user who travels extensively. Which of the following is he NOT likely to need?

A newer, quite expensive type of DVD, called a(n) _________________________ currently has storage capacities of 100 GB, with expectations exceeding 200 GB in the future.

_________________________ means you can write on one part of a disc at one time and another part at a later time.

As the cost of DVD technologies becomes more reasonable, many industry professionals expect that DVD eventually will replace all CD media.

Although the size and the shape of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are different, a DVD-ROM stores data, instructions, and information in exactly the same manner and thus achieves the same storage capacity.

One reason users store data and information using online storage is to view time-critical data and images immediately while away from a main office or location.

Figure 7-4 Optical discs like the kind shown in Figure 7-4 usually are ____ than one-twentieth of an inch thick.

Optical discs store items by using microscopic pits (flat areas) and lands (indentations) that are in the middle layer of the disc.

____ is the process of transferring data, instructions, and information from a storage medium into memory.

Figure 7-5 Current USB flash drives like the one in Figure 7-5 have transfer rates of ____.