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Data Storage Devices
Data storage devices are any piece of computer hardware used to record some sort of information. Questions about storage devices and the media on which they record information belong here.
1,624 Questions
How much memory is required to store a 'character' and how much is required to store a 'string'?
a character/byte as defined in the C programming language is one byte (8 bits). A string can be as short as one byte and can be as long as the physical memory limits can contain it.
What are Basic principles of operations of magnetic tape?
I don't know what is magnetic tape..if any body knows than let him enjoy
What is a drive used to read and write data to a zip disk?
As strange as it may seem, you write to a zip disk using a zip drive...
Zip drives are pretty much out of favor now, everyone is using DVD's, flash drives and external hard drives.
But if you need to read an old zip disk, see if you can find an old I-Omega zip drive. I would offer to sell you mine but it's long gone.
What machinery or devices have magnets in them and for what purpose?
The most common use of magnets and magnetism in in electric motors and generators.
The basic principle of a motor is that if a wire carrying a current is in a magnet field there will be a force on that wire. That wire will move if it can.
The basic principle of a generator is that if a wire is moving in a magnetic field then a current is induced in that wire.
How can download madness interactive antipathy mod?
Go to a websight and do it. :( (this is not the real answer)
What year were DVD's made and who made them?
The DVD format was developed by a consortium consisting of Philips, Sony, Toshiba and Time Warner in 1995. The first production discs were manufactured by Toshiba in 1996.
You may need to purchase an adapter. Depending on the type of "compact flash", you can purchase devices that will allow the card to be read by your usb port.
What is a DVD-RW drive and how is it different from a DVD-ROM drive?
Read/ write drives allow you to write DVDs. ROMs only read.
As long as the device has enough capacity yes
It is a disk that allows you to boot up your computer if your normal method using the hard disk is not working or you deem it safer to boot up from a start-up disk because of a virus risk or other problem. A start-up disk contains all the necessary data to enable your machine to boot. Depending on the circumstances, you can then do whatever is necessary to get your computer back to normal operation.
How can you burn AVI movie files in a DVD to watch in your DVD player?
Use a Video to DVD Burner to convert and burn movie files to DVDs.
What is radius of a CD or DVD?
The diameter of a CD is about 12 cm, so since the radius is 1/2 of the diameter, that would make the radius about 6 cm.
5.23 cm
When the floppy disk driver's light stays on and remains on what could the reason be?
Your cable is upside down.
Differences between CD-ROM CD-rw CD-r DVD CD-worm?
Right Well Here Goes....
A CD-Rom is the general term for CDs
A CD-RW means Rewritable so you can go over burnt data multiple times
A CD -R means Writable so it can only be burned once
A DVD is a generalized terms for DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs, but generally most dvds are RW
And a CD-worm is Write Once Read Many which is Cd data that can never be erased once burnt so it doesn't get accidentally lost. People such as Governments agencies or large enterprises tend to use these.
Hope this helped.
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