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Vocabulary
100
What does HDD mean?
Hard Disk Drive
100
What does SSD mean?
Solid State Drive
100
How many Bytes are in a Kilobyte?
1000 bytes
100
What is a Non-Volatile device?
A device that can retain data while unpowered.
200
The hard disks in HDDs are sometimes called
Platters
200
________ is one example of a solid state drive.
RAM, Flash Memory, Jump Drive, Memory Stick, SD Card, etc...
200
How many bits are in 2 Megabytes?
16 million bits
200
What does ROM stand for?
Read Only Memory
300
An ________ is a tiny magnetic motor inside of a HDD
Actuator
300
SSDs are typically (slower/faster) than HDDs.
Faster
300
How many Megabytes are in 3.5 Terabytes?
3.5 million Megabytes
300
What does USB stand for?
Universal Serial Bus
400
True or False: HDDs are volatile storage devices.
False - They are Non-Volatile.
400
SSD drives work by assigning _________ a positive or negative value.
Transistor Gates
400
How many Terabytes are there in 4,700 Gigabytes?
4.7 Terabytes
400
What is Binary?
Digital code made up of ones and zeros.
500
What prevents the read/write head from crashing into the hard disk in a HDD?
It rides on a cushion of air.
500
One major advantage that SSDs have over HDDs is that they have no __________.
Moving Parts
500
How many Gigabytes are in 30 Megabytes?
.03 Gigabytes
500
What does ASCII stand for?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange