MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

OPERATING SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The operating system retrieves files from the computer’s ____
A
monitor
B
hard drive
C
guest drive
D
application software
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A hard drive is an electro-mechanical storage device that stores data in sectors and blocks on a rotating platter surfaced with magnetic material, and the data is retrieved randomly through a read-write magnetic head.

Detailed explanation-2: -The operating system is stored on the hard disk, but to speed up the whole process, the OS is copied into RAM on start-up. This is completed by BIOS (Basic Input Output System).

Detailed explanation-3: -Disk drive (drive) – a computer device that stores and retrieves information, data, files, programs, etc., from a disk.

Detailed explanation-4: -NTFS, which stands for NT file system and the New Technology File System, is the file system that the Windows NT operating system (OS) uses for storing and retrieving files on hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs).

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