Exam 3: Storage

A ____ partition contains the data necessary to restore a hard drive back to its state at the time the computer was purchased and is designed to be used only if the computer malfunctions.

To read data, the reference beam projects the hologram containing the requested data onto a ____ that reads the entire data page at one time.

____ means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any order.

Storage devices can be internal (located inside the system unit), external (plugged into an external port on the system unit), or remote (located on another computer).

One type of storage device that is sometimes used with computers and that uses sequential access is a ____.

When a remote storage device is accessed through a local network it is referred to as ____________________.

Storage media are volatile.

Smart cards and holographic drives are examples of ____ systems.

With a CD, the storage medium and the storage device are permanently sealed together to form one piece of hardware called a fixed-media storage system.

A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.

Much more data can be stored on a(n) holographic disc than on a CD of the same physical size. _________________________

A(n) ____________________ is a small card containing one or more flash memory chips, a controller chip, other electrical components, and metal contacts to connect the card to the device or reader with which it is being used.

A(n) ____________________ stores copies of data or programs that are located on the hard drive and that might be needed soon in memory chips in order to avoid having to retrieve the data or programs from the hard drive when they are requested.

There are two parts to any storage system: the storage device and the storage processor. _________________________

Internal hard drives are not designed to be removed, unless they need to be repaired or replaced. _________________________

A(n) ____________________ provides storage for a network, but it consists of a separate network of hard drives or other storage devices, which is connected to the main network.

Each hard disk is divided into pie-shaped groups of ____.

Some ____________________ sites contain an automatic backup option in which the files in designated folders on your PC are uploaded to your online account at regular specified intervals.

The data on a(n) read-only disc cannot be erased, changed, or added to, since the pits that are molded into the surface of the disc when the disc is produced are permanent. _________________________

Partitioning a hard drive enables you to logically divide the physical capacity of a single drive into separate areas, called partitions or ____________________.