COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS A HARD DRIVE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When a hard drive gets wet, the water could potentially cause a short circuit, especially if it dries on the platters. But water alone will not destroy a hard drive or delete its data. While water can damage a hard drive’s electronics, the data itself is stored magnetically.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are magnetic heads that write and read data to the surfaces. In Hard disk drives data can be accessed in random manner (Storing and retrieving data in any order ). The first production hard disk drive was created by IBM and was used in its 305 RAMAC system.
Detailed explanation-3: -HARD DISK-A hard disk is a type of magnetic secondary storage media. It is the main secondary storage for the computers. A hard disk can store up to 2 TB to 5 TB data. There are two types of hard disk-fixed and portable. PEN DRIVE-A Pen drive is also known as a flash drive.