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What company invented the floppydisk?
IBM did
What are other drives are there besides floppydisk?
Computer drives can include:An internal hard driveSometimes, a "slave" drive which is a second internal drive or a partition on the primary hard driveExternal Drives consist of:floppy disk driveCD driveDVD drive (the CD/DVD are usually one drive)External Desk Drive - a unit that connects by USB Cable to the computer and acts as a secondary drive; often used for storage.A "thumb" or stick drive - inserts into a USB port and used for storage.
What is the difference between an optical and a magnetic disk?
A magnetic disk is a disk which stores information magnetically, and is read/written with a small magnetic head (e.g. a hard disk)An optical disk is a disk which stores information optically, usually as a series of pits and peaks, and is read/writMagnetic Storagea) Stores data in magnetic form & it doesn't use laser to read/write datab) It is affected by magnetic field.c) It has high storage capacity.d) Data accessing is high as compared to CD's and DVD's.e) Magnetic storage devices are ; Hard disk , Floppydisk, Magnetic tape etc.Optical Storagea) Stores data optically & uses laser to read/write.b) It is not affected by magnetic field.c) It has less storage than hard disk.d) Data accessing is high as compared to floppy.e) Optical storage devices are ; CD-ROM,CD-R,CD-RW, DVD etc.
