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Computing: Secondary Storage Test
Flashcards do conjunto (7)
- 1What is meant by data rate?number of bytes transferred per second
- 2What is meant by Access Time?time from when the CPU requests data to the first byte of data being received
- 3What three major factors need to be considered when choosing Secondary Storage?-Data Rate
- Access Time
- Capacity - 4How does a Magnetic Disk differ from a Magnetic Tape?Method: Data is recorded on a round rotating disk instead of a tape
Slower rate (20Mb/s for MT rather than 100Mb/s for MD) - 5Whats the name for the rotating Surface of a magnetic Disk?Platter
- 6What is the platter divided into?(Concentric) Tracks
- 7What are Tracks divided into?Blocks or Sectors
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- FlashCards sobre Computing: Secondary Storage Test, criado por Toby Freeland em 02-03-2015.
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