Exam 3: Storage

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.

Optical discs are thin circular discs made out of molded polycarbonate substrates.

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

Partitions are sometimes referred to as ____.

Conventional CD discs use ____ lasers.

Online storage systems accessed via the Internet have the advantage of being able to be accessed from any PC that has an Internet connection.

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

Smart cards and holographic drives are examples of ____ systems.

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

Flash memory media can be inserted into a reader in several ways.

To record,erase,or overwrite rewritable optical discs,track change technology is used.

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

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.

Case 3-1 Dan is a small business owner who depends on his computer to keep track of customer and sales data.He is investigating storage options because it is critical for him to ensure that his data is safe in the event of a computer failure. -As Dan is very concerned about maintaining the security of his business data,he should look for an external hard drive that comes with built-in ____.

-The accompanying figure shows a(n)____________________ drive.

____________________ refers to using a storage device that is not connected directly to the user's computer.

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

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

Anything (such as a program,letter,digital photograph,or song)stored on a storage medium is referred to as a(n)____.