defragmenting your computer can improve the time it takes to load things, but by default, your computer most likely will not do this by itself
the hard drive itself has a cache which means it can return data faster without reading it from the disk
"Festplattenlaufwerk" is a German equivalent of "hard disk drive" of computers.
"Discus fixus" is a Latin equivalent of the "hard disk drive" of computers.
A hard disk is a Sequential Access Memory device or SAM
On compatible computers a program cannot run directly from the hard disk drive without loading it into the memory because the processor can access and address only the main memory.
No. Disk caching improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs.
Hard disk
A removable hard disk typically has direct access, allowing users to read from and write to the disk as if it were a local drive. This access is facilitated through a connection interface, such as USB, eSATA, or Thunderbolt, enabling easy data transfer between the hard disk and a computer. However, the speed of access can vary based on the connection type and the hard disk's specifications.
The term used to describe computers which contact iSCSI targets is "initiator".
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