Exam 3: Storage

____________________ consists of plastic tape coated with a magnetizable substance that represents the bits and bytes of digital data, similar to magnetic hard disks.

RAID 0 uses disk ____, which spreads files over several disk drives.

____ devices are high-performance storage servers that are individually connected to a network to provide storage for the computers connected to that network.

To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.

The recommended file system for computers running current versions of Windows is ____.

When hard drives containing critical data become damaged, systems design firms may be able to help out. _________________________

What does remote storage refer to? Describe some common types of remote storage.

____________________ are hard drives that use flash memory technology instead of magnetic technology to store data.

Regardless of how storage devices are connected to a computer, ____ and / or names are typically assigned to each storage device.

Recordable optical discs can be written to, but the discs cannot be erased and reused.

In terms of functionality, the distinction between NAS and HHDs is blurring, since they both provide storage services to the network. _________________________

Virtually all personal computers come with a(n) ____ that is used to store most programs and data.

A common RAID technique is disk mirroring, in which data is written to two duplicate drives simultaneously.

A smart card can store a prepaid amount of ____________________, which can be used for purchases at a smart card-enabled vending machine or computer.

Some drive letters, such as the letter ____ typically used with the primary hard drive, are usually consistent from computer to computer and do not change even if more storage devices are added to a computer.

With random access, the data can only be retrieved in the order in which it is physically stored on the medium. _________________________

Usually the storage device and storage medium are two separate pieces of hardware (that is, the storage medium is ____).

USB flash drives are designed to be very portable and very small.

One or more sectors form a(n) track, the smallest storage area on a hard disk. _________________________

One reason advanced users may partition a primary hard drive is to be able to use two different operating systems on the same hard drive.