FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Optical drives use serial access
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Originally, direct access storage devices included only HDDs and systems such as magnetic drums and data cells, but DASDs now include SSDs, optical discs, PC storage devices and redundant array of independent disks (RAID) storage systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of storage medium that use serial access are: Video cassettes. Music cassettes. Backup tape cartridges(hold lots of tape for backing up large amounts of data).

Detailed explanation-3: -Magnetic tape is an example of serial access memory.

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