COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A disk ____ divides a hard disk into two or more storage units.
A
partition
B
root
C
cluster, block
D
system, systems
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Disk partitioning is dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units called as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if it were multiple disks. Partition editor software is used to create, resize, delete, and manipulate partitions.

Detailed explanation-2: -In computer disk storage, a sector is a subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk or optical disc. Each sector stores a fixed amount of user-accessible data, traditionally 512 bytes for hard disk drives (HDDs) and 2048 bytes for CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs.

Detailed explanation-3: -A partition divides the hard drive into several logical storage units on one drive but functions as multiple drives. A software program called a partition editor can be used to construct, delete, resize, and control a partition on the HDD. Partitions can also be referred to as slices.

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