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Portable storage device that has read write capabilities?

Now a days every storage disk drive is portable.. You can have portable hard disk, cd/dvd drives and floppy drives.. All are having a USB interface..


Is a diskette a software or hardware?

A "diskette" or "floppy disk" is neither as they are removable magnetic storage media. However, if you refer to the drives that read from them or write to them, then those drives are considered hardware.


What is a worm storage device?

Worm storage stands for "Write Once, Read Many." This is media that allows one time writes, but can never be altered from that point forward. WORM storage is typically used when compliance with a regulatory agency is required.


What is the function of the storage device?

They hold stuff until you need it later. Computer storage devices are machines that read stored data from storage media such as CDs.


Is a diskette a software?

A "diskette" or "floppy disk" is neither as they are removable magnetic storage media. However, if you refer to the drives that read from them or write to them, then those drives are considered hardware.


Is diskette hardware or software?

A "diskette" or "floppy disk" is neither as they are removable magnetic storage media. However, if you refer to the drives that read from them or write to them, then those drives are considered hardware.


The process of retrieving data from a storage device is refferred to as?

read, write


Do Mac computers have read and write capabilities for CD's flash drive's and memory card's?

Yes.


Is a CD reader an input or output device?

A CD or DVD drive is a media device. Data is usually read from it, but data can also be sent to it if it has writing capabilities.


What is the difference between reading and writing in relation to a computer storage medium?

When undertaking a write operation the read/write head usually has to use more power during a write operation as this operation must effect a change of state in the storage medium. On the read operation the read/write head merely has to detect this changed state.


What type of media is capable of storing digitized data and that uses a laser to write data to it and read data from it?

optical media


How do you remove write protection on media?

On a SD card, there is a small side switch on the top left corner of the drive. Pushed one way the media is read/write, pushed the other way the media is read-only. Older media such as floppy drives had either a hole you covered or a slide you could move.