Storage Media

Question 1

What’s is a HDD (magnetic hard disk drive)

Answer 1

A hdd is the most common form of secondary storage within computers.A read/write head moves nanometres above the disk platter and uses the magnetic field of the platter to read or edit data

Question 2

What does it mean if somethings obsolete in iCT and what’s an example?

Answer 2

An obsolete means no longer used and a type of magnetic storage that’s obsolete is a floppy disk which have been replaced by solid state devices

Question 3

What’s another type of magnetic storage that’s still used?

Answer 3

Magnetic tape because it has a high storage capacity

Question 4

What does optical storage use to read data and how does it do it?

Answer 4

Uses a master to project beams of light onto a spinning disc , allowing it to read data from a CD,DVD or blu ray

Question 5

Why are solid state storage devices replacing HDDs?

Answer 5

They are quieter , faster and use less power

Question 6

What’s another type of ssd?

Answer 6

A USB flash drive (USB stick) used to transporter files easily because of small size