COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Measures how tightly the magnetic charges can be packed next to one another on the disk
A
Sectors
B
Tracks
C
Cylinders
D
Density
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A magnetic disk primarily consists of a rotating magnetic surface (called platter) and a mechanical arm that moves over it. Together, they form a “comb”. The mechanical arm is used to read from and write to the disk. The data on a magnetic disk is read and written using a magnetization process.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is capacity? Measures how much a particular storage medium can hold, and is measured in bytes, usually gigabytes.

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