Exam 7: Secondary Storage

The process of accessing information from secondary storage devices is referred to as _______.

The large capacity, high-definition optical discs designed to store hi-def video and video games are _______.

_______ speed is the measure of the amount of time required by a storage device to retrieve data and programs.

CD-ROMs are often used to archive data and to record music downloaded from the Internet.

DVD + R and DVD-R both stand for DVD _______.

A hard crash typically occurs on an optical disc when it makes contact with particles on its surface.

Which of the following measures the amount of time required by the storage device to retrieve data and programs?

If you have used Google Docs to create a word processing document, you have used cloud computing.

Disk _______ improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs and reducing time to access data from secondary storage.

Solid-state storage devices are different than hard disks in that they _______.

Most large organizations store data through a strategy called a(n) _______ (3 words) to promote efficient and safe use of data across the networks within their organizations.

Which of the following is true about an internal hard disk?

File _______ expands compressed files.

This process improves system performance by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between a secondary storage device and the CPU.