COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This type of storage uses pits and lands to represent 1s and 0s.
A
cloud
B
hard disk
C
optical
D
solid state
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An optical disk drive uses a laser beam to read the data from the disk as it is spinning. It distinguishes between the pits and lands based on how the light reflects off the recording material. The drive uses the differences in reflectivity to determine the 0 and 1 bits that represent the data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Initially, it referred to a class of non-volatile media that could store data without always being connected to power. Secondary storage might include hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), optical disks, USB flash drives, floppy disks or other devices.

Detailed explanation-3: -Magnetic Storage Devices. Optical Storage Devices. Flash Memory Devices. Online Cloud Storage.

Detailed explanation-4: -File storage. File storage, also called file-level or file-based storage, is a hierarchical storage methodology used to organize and store data. Block storage. Object storage.

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