Exam 7: Storage

The difference in size among PC Cards and ExpressCard modules is their ____.

Access time for today's hard disks range from ____.

A(n) _________________________ is a portable, inexpensive storage medium that consists of a thin, circular, flexible plastic Mylar film with a magnetic coating enclosed in a square-shaped plastic shell.

Some computers use an external floppy disk drive, in which the drive is a separate device with a cable that plugs in a(n) _________________________ on the system unit.

A(n) ____ flash memory card has a storage capacity of 128 MB to 4 GB.

All DVD-ROMs are single-sided.

_________________________ is the process of dividing a disk into tracks and sectors, so the operating system can store and locate data and information on the disk.

All of the following are competing rewritable DVD formats except ____.

A(n) _________________________ is the physical material on which a computer keeps data, instructions, and information.

Some operating systems, such as Windows Vista, include the capability of lasering discs.

A group of two or more integrated hard disks is called a(n) _________________________.

Smaller computers and devices use ____ discs that have a diameter of 3 inches or less.

A(n) _________________________ is the mechanism that reads and writes items in the drive as it barely touches the disk's recording surface.

Figure 7-5 As shown in Figure 7-5, a(n) _________________________ is a flash memory storage device that plugs in a USB port on a computer or portable device.

A(n) ____ is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk.

Optical discs should be stored in a flat (horizontal) position.

Instead of recordable DVDs, most users work with reformattable DVDs.

A Kodak _________________________ is a type of CD-ROM that stores digital versions of a single roll of film using a jpg file format.

One popular use of ____ is to store a prepaid amount of money, as in a prepaid telephone calling card.

A typical CD-ROM holds from ____ of data, instructions, and information.