Exam 3: Storage

Case 3-2 Rodney owns a computer that he uses to work,keep in touch with friends and family,watch movies,listen to music,and use the Internet. -If Rodney wants to record music files onto a CD,he needs to make sure that his operating system has CD-____ capabilities.

-A ____,as shown in the accompanying figure,consists of a vertical stack of tracks,with the same relative track on each disk surface.

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

A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.

What is a smart card? Describe some common features and uses of smart cards.

Large enterprise storage systems are usually ____________________ so that additional hard drives can be added as needed.

The time required to move the read/write heads to the cylinder that contains (or will contain)the desired data is called the ____.

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. -A friend of Dan suggested to him that he can use an external hard drive for his data storage and backup needs.To use an external hard drive,Dan should make sure that his computer has an available USB or ____ port.

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

-The elements shown in the accompanying figure are ____,which are used to organize related documents.

"Tracking up data" refers to creating a second copy of important files.

One technology for 3D storage systems that,after many years of research and development,is now a reality is ____.

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

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

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

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 most common internal hard drive interface standard for desktop computers today is serial ATA.

A(n)____________________ hard drive is a hard drive that contains both a large amount of flash memory and magnetic hard disks.

In addition to tracks,sectors,and clusters,hard drives also have ____________________.

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.