COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES
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hard drive
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floppy drive
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tape drive
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processor drive
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memory drive
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other examples of magnetic storage media include floppy disks, magnetic tape, and magnetic stripes on credit cards.
Detailed explanation-2: -A magnetic tape drive is a storage device that makes use of magnetic tape as a medium for storage. It uses a long strip of narrow plastic film with tapes of thin magnetizable coating.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hard-disk drives represent the most widely used form of magnetic storage in use today. A hard-disk drive consists of a rigid disc made with non-magnetic material, which is coated with a thin layer of magnetic material. Data is stored by magnetizing this thin film.
Detailed explanation-4: -Magnetic devices such as hard disk drives use magnetic fields to magnetise tiny individual sections of a metal spinning disk.