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What is the primary method of storing large amounts of data during the 1950s and 1960s?
What is the primary method of storing large amounts of data during the 1950s and 1960s?
Magnetic tape
What is the most widely used storage medium on all computers?
What is the most widely used storage medium on all computers?
Magnetic disk
How does optical disk store data?
How does optical disk store data?
By using laser light to read or write data
What is the basic unit of storage on a magnetic disk?
What is the basic unit of storage on a magnetic disk?
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What is the pit and land on an optical disk used to represent?
What is the pit and land on an optical disk used to represent?
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What are the three types of primary memory?
What are the three types of primary memory?
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Which type of primary memory is volatile?
Which type of primary memory is volatile?
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What is the main purpose of Read-only memory (ROM)?
What is the main purpose of Read-only memory (ROM)?
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Why is Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) used in computers?
Why is Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) used in computers?
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What is the main difference between primary and secondary storage devices?
What is the main difference between primary and secondary storage devices?
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