COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

INPUTOUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES

STORAGE DEVICES HARD DISK SSD AND FLASH MEMORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which type of storage medium uses magnetised dots?

A	Magnetic
B	Optical
C	Solid state
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A magnetic disk is a storage device that uses a magnetization process to write, rewrite and access data. It is covered with a magnetic coating and stores data in the form of tracks, spots and sectors. Hard disks, zip disks and floppy disks are common examples of magnetic disks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Good examples of magnetic media and magnetic storage is a floppy diskette, hard disk, tape drive, etc. A hard disk drive (sometimes abbreviated as a hard drive, HD, or HDD) is a non-volatile storage device.

Detailed explanation-3: -A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk, is an electromechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material.

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