COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
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Hard disk
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Magnetic tapes
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Floppy disk
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CD ROM
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Detailed explanation-1: -Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.
Detailed explanation-2: -Magnetic tape is polyethylene tape coated with a magnetic particulate or film medium. Signals are recorded on tape in linear, helical, or transverse tracks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The magnetic tape is made of a thin magnetic layer that comprises magnetic particles, such as iron oxide and chromium dioxide suspended in a lubricant, and a polymer binder (generally a polyester-or polyether polyurethane-based system). The most commonly used tape substrate is polyethylene terephthalate.
Detailed explanation-4: -a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
Detailed explanation-5: -Videotape, audiotape, and computer data tape are examples of magnetic tape. Magnetic tape may be analog or digital. It may be stored on a hub or a reel or housed in a cartridge or cassette.