Data Storage Devices

The largest available SD cards are 32 GB. Stay tuned for more.

I read 6 Terabytes which is 6,000 gigabytes

1 Terabyte is 1024 Gigabytes, so 6000 is actually incorrect.

6144 gigabytes would be correct.

144 gigabyes is enough space to store 10 or more full 1080 HD movies, so that is significant.

Video projects can often grow to quite large file sizes, much larger than working on individual graphic files. It is also important that you are able to read and write to the device quickly, especially if it is your only means of storage. This effectively rules out DVD's and Blu-ray as they are too slow to read/write to for this purpose.

For this reason i would suggest using a high capacity USB Flash Drive. Prices have dramatically decreased and 16GB can be bought relatively cheaply now. Bear in mind that when the project is rendering, there are likely to be large temporary files being created that will significantly increase storage requirements.

If you feel that 16GB is becoming too small then you would need to purchase and external (also portable could be useful if you move between computers) hard disk drive. Again these have become much cheaper lately. Check the compatibility of your computer but if you have USB 3 on your PC try to purchase a USB3 drive as the transfer speed is much faster than USB2.

>> some are cds, hard disk, floppy disc, flash drives

A magnetically coated ribbon of plastic housed in a cartridge is known as a cassette. There are audio cassettes, which can be used to play music, and cassettes that are for backing up computers.

The need of output and imput devices are very important as the computer does not run without it. without it its like a human body without the bones. they are the main devices that run the computer.

The main advantage of magnetic discs over magnetic tape is the speed of access - to access data from a magnetic tape the reels have to be wound or unwound until the correct portion is tape is uncovered

Assuming you're talking about the card - not the actual drive - there should be a small tab (usually yellow) on the case. Holding the card with the label facing you, it should be on the left-hand side.

At the present time, a hard drive has the largest storage capacity of all storage devices. For something more portable, a USB drive would have a greater storage capacity than any other portable devices.

The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive, if the boot sector is the active partition, then it is used to boot the OS (Operating System; i.g Windows Vista is an OS). Boot sector is also called the boot record.

You tell me stupid.... Just joking. You can remove the hard disk if the machine holding it breaks.

Example: I am using my hard drive to save stuff and then it breaks. what do i do? remove the hard disk (with professional assistance of course).

Previous Answer: two types of magnetic disc are magnetic tapes and compact disc

Actually neither of the above are correct. Magnetic "Tape" is exactly that it is a tape, a long slender ribbon which comes in two formats that I know of which are "cartridge" and "reel to reel". Compact Disk is an optical media.

There are several types or formats of Magnetic Disk, sizes and capacities vary.

Fixed Disk:

Hard Disk otherwise referred to as HDD. It can have one or more disc platters made of aluminum alloy or glass with a thin magnetic layer bond. These magnetic disks or platters are sealed within the enclosure. Size 1.8", 2.5", 3.5", 5.25", 8", 12"

Removable Media:

Floppy Disk, removable disks that can be in a hard or soft shell enclosure. The disk itself is a plastic with a magnetic layer bond and is "floppy" one or both sides can be used depending on the disk. sizes range from 3.5", 5.25" to 8"

Floptical, the likes of a floppy however one side is magnetic for storage, the other is optical for head positioning. Size, 3.5"

Cartridge Disk, similar to the floppy or floptical but the cartridge actually contains a platter the likes of that within an HDD. Size 5.25", 8" that I know of.

a sd card can store in megabite or gigabite upto 2 gigabite.

Neither a DVD nor a CD would be affected by magnetic fields, because the information is digitally encoded using optical media.

External drive bays

The newest commonly used storage device would be the usb flashdrives because the have more space and dont break as easily( that last part could be argued with)

DLP

There are many storage devices that are used in everyday computing. If you mean storage devices as for what you can use to store data and save then I believe the following are very common:

* Hard drive * DVD * CD * USB Thumb Drive * Compact Flash Drive (the small flash drives you put in camera's) * Network Storage Server (If you save files online this is what is used) RAM is another storage device but it is only used by the operating system on your computer. So you really have no ability to save information on them.

No. A disk drive can use one of several methods of storing data, including magnetic, Flash, and optical.

Optical disk storage offers several advantages over magnetic disk storage, including greater durability and resistance to environmental factors such as dust and magnetic fields. Additionally, optical disks typically have a longer shelf life, making them suitable for archival purposes. They also tend to consume less power during operation and are often lighter and more portable than magnetic disks. However, optical disks generally have slower read/write speeds compared to magnetic disks.

I would like to tell you that ROM stores the programs that are executed when the computer is switched on. It has a program thatactvates RAM and RAM starts its work. Its work is to take small and important information about the software that is running or the operating system to be loaded. Hope you understanded what you wanted.

Let's see:

Harddrive

Solid State Memory (RAM)

Optical (DVD / CD / Etc)

Memory Cards? (SD Memory / CF Memory / Etc)

Technically the last would be the same as RAM, but it isn't used the same. RAM is used in most computers as temporary memory. This memory only retains information while power is provided to it. Once the power is removed then it loses everything. With a memory card type of memory such as NAND type of memory, information stored in the memory card is retained even when the power is removed (USB memory sticks / SD memory / etc).

The drive interface that uses an 80-conductor ribbon cable is IDE. IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, an interface commonly used to connect hard disks and optical drives to computers.