Secondary Memory Flashcards

(12 cards)

1
Q

With ________ memory, the space is limited and memory is lost after shut down

A

physical

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2
Q

With physical memory, info cannot be shared between different running _______.

A

programs

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3
Q

Secondary memory can be ____ disk, CD and flash drives.

A

Hard

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4
Q

A disk platter is split into _____ with each one made of a number of sectors

A

tracks

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5
Q

Each sector has a finite ___ (1K, 2K, 4K, 8K)

A

size

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6
Q

A cluster can be made of a number of ______

A

sectors

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7
Q

For compact disk a ____ burns 0.8 micro diameter holes into a glass master.

A

laser

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8
Q

Depression forms the p__ while the areas form the l____

A

pit/land

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9
Q

With compact disk a 0.__ micron wavelength laser is used to read the track

A

0.78

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10
Q

A CD is 16 bytes of pre-amble, ____ bytes of data and 288 bytes of error-correction code

A

2048

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11
Q

A DVD is a _____ _________ ___

A

Digital Versatile Disks

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12
Q

DVD’s can be ______- layer (4.7G) or ___- layered (8.5GB)

A

single / dual

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