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Supercomputers do not usually use any type of floppy disk, they usually use custom made high data rate hard disks and tape drives.
Modern supercomputers would typically use a RAID system of multiple disks providing a high reliability high data rate facility that looked to the computer's OS like a single drive with a capacity of several petabytes (or possibly exabytes by the time you read this).
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High-density floppy disk has a storage capacity of?
The floppy disk which is commonly referred to as a high density floppy disk is a 3.5 inch disk. It has a storage capacity of 1.44 MB.
What type of computer has higher capacity for executing instructions?
supercomputer is probably what you are looking for.
What is the capacity of a standard PC floppy?
1.44MB
How did floppy disks improve computing?
Floppy drive was the first storage with portable data storage capacity.. However the data storing capacity of floppy drive is not enough but in early days it helped a lot..
Which has the largest potential for disk capacity a CD DVD floppy drive or zip drive?
Zip drive, floppy capacity is usually only ~1.4GB
Which Floppy-disk cartridges store at least 70 times the capacity of the standard floppy?
Zip Drive..
What has the greatest storage capacity in a floppy disk?
100 gb.
What is the capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is?
1.44 MB
What is the normal storage capacity floppy disk?
1.4 MB
How much storage capacity does a floppy disk have?
1.44 Megabytes
Advantages and disadvantages of single floppy drive and no hard drive?
In old machines floppy drives were primarily used for booting up the machine. Floppy drive has a very small memory capacity. Almost all of the latest Operating Systems are larger than a Floppy drive capacity of e.g. 1.44MB. Floppy's are not as reliable as other media and can easily get corrupted.
Why the capacity of hard disk is very large as compared to floppy disk?
The reason is that the technology of the days the floppy disk was not as advanced as of today.
