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What measures the amount of time it takes a storage device to locate an item on a storage medium?
access time
When you save a document does the computer transfer the document from a storage medium to memory?
No. It transfers it from memory to a storage device, so it does the opposite.
Is DVD a storage device?
It's a storage "medium" rather than a "device." A device is a machine or component that attaches to a computer. A medium (singular form of "media") is any technology that can be used to keep and retrieve data. It can include devices (like hard drives) or material (like magentic tape).
What is the purpose of auxiliary storage device in the computer and the function?
Auxiliary storage devices are used to provide additional, portable storage, as opposed to hard drives which are fixed inside the computer and serve as primary storage devices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Auxiliary storage is a term used in mainframe computing and refers to the medium on which paging datasets reside.
What means you can move the medium from one computer to another?
portable storage medium
Is Zip drive is a input or output device?
Zip drives are both input-output and storage devices.
Is diskette a part of a computer?
No, it is a removable storage medium that may be used by a computer.
What is the computer's main storage medium?
The primary storage device on most computers is usually* the internal hard disk drive defined as the "master" drive. If the computer has only one hard drive, this is your "master" drive. * This can be changed in the computer's BIOS and is not always true. I hope this helps, Andre
Is a hard disk is a type of magnetic storage device?
A hard disk drive is a type of magnetic storage device. A magnetic storage device stores data on a magnetized medium. Other types of magnetic storage includes magnetic recording tapes and the stripes on credit cards.
What is magnetic data storage?
A magnetic storage device is a device that uses a magnetic head to read and write data to and from a magnetizable medium. The medium can be as basic as a plastic tape that is coated with fine particles of a metal, such as is found in audio recording and tape storage devices.
What is backup storage?
Backup storage refers to a storage device, medium or facility that is used for storing copies and instances of backup data. Backup storage enables the maintenance, management, retrieval and restoration of backup data for any individual, application, computer, server or any computing device.
Is BluRay disc an output device?
A blu ray disc is a storage medium, not an input/output device.
