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What is the storage media for diskette drive?
Floppy disks
Floppy disks use this type of storage media?
Magnetic
How is a floppy disk useful?
Since higher storage and media devices have been released such as USB's and CD's, floppy disks have become outdated due to the maximum capacity that is now available to computers. In the 1990's floppy disks were very popular and widely used.
What is the difference between storage and media?
A storage device stores data onto a storage medium. For example a tape backup device writes data onto tape medium
Examples of storage media?
Hard drive, external hard drive, floppy disk, memory stick, CD-ROM and Recordable DVD are all storage devices.
Can personal media drive hold files?
Hard drive disks, Flash drives, Cd's, Floppy disks and etc., can hold files so long as they are not bigger than the space of storage on the device.
Is floppy disc optical storage?
No. Floppy disks are magnetic media that rely on magnetic polarization to write data to the disk much like a hard drive. Unlike CD media they can be erased by a strong magnet field that effectively scrambles the data tracks.
How are magnetic disks used as storage media?
Audio
List four examples of non- volatile storage devices?
Examples of nonvolatile storage media include all of the following except ____. a. memory c. microfiche b. floppy disks d. PC Cards 3
What are examples of magnetic and non-magnetic storage media?
Magnetic Storage:Hard disk drive (HDD)Floppy disk drive (FDD)Data Tape backupMiniDV tapeCassette tapeThe magnetic stripe on the back of a credit or debit cardNon-magnetic Storage:Solid-state drive (SSD)Flash memory cardUSB flash driveOptical media (DVD, CD and BluRay)Punch cards
What is function of floppy disk?
The floppy disk stores data. Before the days of large hard drives, flash disks, cds, and dvds this was the primary media for transporting data.For example if you wanted to install the old Windows 3.1x it came on a bundle of floppy disks. If you wanted to take a project from work or school back home, you used a floppy disk.
Is floopy stored by computer?
Floppy disks are not normally used on computers anymore, they are an obsolete media.
