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Before Hard disks came to desktop computers were things called floppy disks. While they worked they could hold as little as 80K of memory, when they no longer worked they could be used as hand held fans. more recent versions of floppies did store 1.4 meg
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What is afloppy disk?
A floppy disk is an old type of removable, computer memory storage.
What are examples of secondary memory?
Examples of secondary memory are magnetic type,floppy disk,CD roms etc
What are some examples of secondary memory?
Examples of secondary memory are magnetic type,floppy disk,CD roms etc
What is Portable disk?
The term 'portable disk' refers to portable memory for a computer that is in the shape of a disk, such as a CD, DVD, or floppy disk. (On a floppy disk the disk part is on the inside)
Why the floppy disks have the same shape but not the same memory?
To fit into the floppy disk drive.
Memory requirements for hard drive and floppy disk?
A floppy typically stores 5.66 Mbytes. well i say that a typical floppy disk holds 1.44 mbytes.
Is a floppy disk 3.5 inch portable or fixed?
Floppy disk may be of any type is always portable, however the floppy disk "drives" are fixed.
What you inside a floppy disk into a so that data stored in the floppy disk can be read?
To read a floppy disk, you insert a floppy disk into a floppy disk drive. Not all computers have floppy disk drives. Typically desktop computers or ones that stand on the floor have floppy disk drives. New machines today allow a USB thumb drive (USB flash memory storage device) to be used in place of a floppy drive. All modern computersy have USB connections. If you need to read a floppy disk and you computer does not have a floppy disk drive, you can purchase a USB connected floppy disk drive for your computer.
Which is not a type of memory?
It is impossible to tell things which are not a type of memory.(they are just so many!)So, the types of memory are:Magnetic Memory- Hard disk, Floppy etc.Optical Memory- CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disks.Flash Memory- Pen drives, memory cards etc.
What type of disk was first developed as permanent data storage?
floppy disk
What is floppy disk slot?
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
What did we use instead of memory sticks?
our brain.The Floppy Disk was used as a storage device .
