What is any secondary storage device that can directly read or write to a specific place - sometimes called a random access storage device?.
What is temporary storage areas residing in main memory, channels, and control units?.
What is any medium that stores records only in a sequential manner, one after the other, such as magnetic tape?.
What is a device that can be assigned to several active processes at the same time?.
What is the place where data is stored in the computer system - secondary storage is nonvolatile media, such as disks and flash memory?.
What is a dedicated device that has been transformed into a shared device through the use of spooling techniques?.
Which one below is NOT part of a system's peripheral devices: dedicated devices shared devices virtual devices monitoring devices.
(T/F) Tape drives, printers, and plotters are dedicated devices: T F.
(T/F) Tape drives, printers, and plotters are shared devices: T F.
(T/F) Tape drives, printers, and plotters are virtual devices: T F.
(T/F) Direct access storage device (DASD) is an example of shared devices: T F.
(T/F) Direct access storage device (DASD) is an example of dedicated devices: T F.
(T/F) Direct access storage device (DASD) is an example of virtual devices: T F.
(T/F) A combination of a shared and dedicated device is a virtual device? T F.
(T/F) A combination of a virtual and dedicated device is a shared device? T F.
(T/F) A combination of a shared and virtual and dedicated device? T F.
(T/F) A dedicated device transformed into a shared device is a virtual device T F.
(T/F) A shared device transformed into a dedicated device is a virtual device: T F.
Increasing the speed of slow dedicated I/O devices is called?.
What was developed for routine secondary storage in early computer systems that features rcords that are stored serially, one after the other?.
How does magnetic tape store records?.
Check the advantages of sequential access storage media: low cost compact storage capabilities good for magnetic disk backup long-term archival access time.
Check the disadvantages of sequential access storage media: Access time Poor for routine secondary storage Poor for interactive applications Low cost.
What is the name of a disk that looks like a large CD or DVD covered with magnetic film that has been formatted, usually on both sides, into concentric circles?.
What is the advantage of Fixed-Head Magnetic Disk Storage?.
What are the two disadvantages of Fixed-Head Magnetic Disk Storage?.
A magnetic disk that looks like a large CD or DVD is a: fixed-head magnetic disk storage movable-head magnetic disk storage.
A magnetic disk such as a computer hard-drive is called: fixed-head magnetic disk storage movable-head magnetic disk storage.
DASD's can be grouped into three categories. Check these categories. magnetic disks optical discs flash memory hard disk disk drive.
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