Exam 7: Storage

A mini-DVD that has grown in popularity is the ____, which has a diameter of about 2.4 inches and can store up to 1.8 GB of games, movies, or music.

To write on a CD-RW disc, users must have CD-RW software and a(n) _________________________.

On an optical disc, a land absorbs light, which is read as binary digit 0, and pits cause light to reflect, which is read as binary digit 1.

Each part of a CD-R can be written on multiple times, and the disc's contents can be erased.

Depending on the type of hard disk, transfer rates normally range from 2 MBps to 8 MBps.

Many film developers offer Picture CD service for customers when they drop off film to be developed.

Explain the difference between perpendicular and longitudinal recording

The access time of storage devices is fast, compared with the access time of memory.

A mini-DVD that has grown in popularity is the ____, which works specifically with the PlayStation Portable handheld game console.

Depending on the device, manufacturers claim miniature mobile storage media can last from 10 to 100 years.

When storage devices write data on storage media, they are creating input.

You can erase a DVD+R.

If a personal computer has one floppy disk drive, it is named drive ____.

Discuss how the speed of storage devices and memory is defined.

Tape storage requires _________________________, which refers to reading or writing data consecutively.

A(n) _________________________ is a device that reads data, instructions, and information stored on PC Cards or flash memory cards.

Figure 7-1 A ____ occurs when a read/write head touches the surface of a hard disk platter, such as that shown in Figure 7-1, usually resulting in a loss of data and sometimes loss of the entire drive.

A(n) ____ disc is a type of storage media that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser.

_________________________ is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.

The ____ is the user most likely to store faxes, presentations, travel records, homework assignments, and quotations.