Category 1
1 thousand bytes
What is a kilobyte?
Formatting
What is the process of dividing the disks into tracks and sectors?
Number of platters the hard disk contains, the composition of the magnetic coating on the platters,whether the disk uses longitudinal or perpendicular recording, density
What characteristics make the storage capacity to vary on hard drives?
Cloud Storage
What is an internet service that provides storage to computer or mobile device users?
Tape
What is a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic capable of storing large amounts of data and information?
1 trillion bytes
What is a terabyte?
RAID
What is a group of two or more integrated hard drives?
Solid State Drive
What is a flash memory storage device that contains its own processor to manage its storage?
Optical Disk
What is a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser?
External Hard Drive
What is a separate freestanding storage device that connects with a cable to a USB port or other port on a computer or mobile device?
1 billion
What is a gigabyte?
hard disk
What contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information?
Memory Card
What is a removable flash memory storage device that you insert and remove from a slot in a computer, mobile device, or card reader?
CD-ROM
What optical disc can be read from, but not written to?
SDHC, SDXC, miniSD, M2
What are common types of memory cards?
Petabyte
What is quadrillion bytes?
Tracks, sectors, platters, form factor, read/write head, revolutions per minute
What are characteristics of a hard disk drive?
Thumb Drive
What is another name for USB flash drive?
CD-RW
What is a optical disc that can be erased mutiple times?
Blu-ray
What is a more expensive DVD format that has a higher capacity and better quality than a standard DVD?
zettabyte
What is a sextillion bytes?
head crash
What occurs when a read/write head touches the surface of a platter?
Faster access times, faster transfer rates, quieter operation, more durable, lighter weight, less power consumption
What are the advantages of SSD over magnetic hard disks?
CD-R
What is an optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase?
Smart Card
What stores data on an integrated circuit embedded in the card?