floppy disks are read/write storage devices, they are a backing store, a non-volatile long term storage which will not lose data when power is lost.
Random access storage is the original term for RAM, the random access memory term was used a a marketing term and has stuck since.
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YES - floppy disk are Random Access storage devices.
THER ARE TWO TYPES OF STORAGE DEVICES: RAM(RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE) CD WRITERAND ROM(READ ONLY MEMORY)e.g DVD ROM.Uhh no that's completely wrong there are many examples of storage devices. There is magnetic storage devices, optical storage devices, silicon storage devices, and others i cant think of.~Dawn~
The access method for optical discs is typically sequential, where data is read or written in a linear fashion from the outer edge of the disc to the center. This is in contrast to random access methods used in storage devices like hard drives, where data can be accessed in any order.
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No.Another AnswerYes it is a Random Access storage device. You can tell this, because the last byte written on it's surface can be accessed without reading all the data bytes on the disk written before it. The drive can go directly to the last byte and read it off the surface. A tape (optical or magnetic) storage medium is Sequential, but an optical disk (CD/DVD) is Random.
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RAM (Random Access Memory) storage devices typically has the fastest transfer rate.
in order to store multimedia presentations you need backing storage there are a number of backing storage devices which are all parts of the hardware of a computer system when discussing backing storage the term access is used in this unit we will only look at backing storage which has random or direct access is when the the storage device can go to a piece of data straight awy wherever it is sold. please note copied from a book
Random Access Memory (RAM) is not used for storage. A random access storage device is the hard drive, where data can be stored and accessed randomly. Any data on the volatile RAM is lost when the computer is switched off.
in order to store multimedia presentations you need backing storage there are a number of backing storage devices which are all parts of the hardware of a computer system when discussing backing storage the term access is used in this unit we will only look at backing storage which has random or direct access is when the the storage device can go to a piece of data straight awy wherever it is sold. please note copied from a book
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The storage of a computer is in the hard drive. There is also the random access memory which temporarily stores data.
Typically random access memory (RAM) is the primary storage device and the slower rotating magnetic media (disc drive) is the secondary storage device. Other devices like USB thumb drives and other removable media are considered tertiary (3rd level) storage devices