With disks we can do complex calculations to see on what surface, sectors and track a file is, all from only the Block, calculate on which surface the following block is: 459621.

Q: why Mathematically, a 5.1 sound file is much larger than a stereo sound file?

A: When it comes to surround sound channels like 5.1 or 2.1 or 7.1.2, the first number defines the…

Q: Locations on a disk's storage that are divided into parts like a pie?

A: Input Device: Internal hard drives serve as storage devices in computers. One or more circular…

Q: Storage locations on a disk that are divided into pie-shaped sections?

A: Storage locations on a disk that are divided into pie-shaped sections

Q: A floppy disk contains  Both circular tracks and sector why?

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Q: If we add to the access time the time that it takes to actually read the data from the disk, we get…

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Q: A disk with usable recording surfaces on each side is known as  explain?

A: Dear Student, The question to your answer A disk with usable recording surfaces on each side is…

Q: 380. Sequential access files are often used with media devices such as a. Hard disk b. WORM disk c.…

A: c.  Magnetic tape  Sequential access files are often used with media devices such as  Magnetic tape…

Q: Attempts are made by operating systems to maintain subsequent blocks of a file on the same disk…

A: This question tells about operating systems make an effort to keep consecutive blocks of a file on…

Q: Assume that a file block is situated at 581132 on the disc. What do you make of this information?

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Q: What is non-return-to-zero method and give reason why it avoids writing data to a magnetic disk.

A: Non -return to zero method to avoids to write the data to a magnetic disk reason are given below :

Q: 7. Soft linked files are provided with different Inode number as the original one. a) True b) False

A: 7. Soft linked files are provided with different inode number as the original one.   a) True b)…

Q: Estimate the average time (in ms) to access a sector on thefollowing disk:…

A: Given Rotational rate = 15,00 RPM(Rotations Per minute) i.e 15,000 R for 60 sec So, 1 R takes…

Q: Given a magnetic disk unit with the following specifications, what is the access time of this…

A: To calculate the access time of the disk, we know thatTa=Ts+1/2r+b/rNWhereTa=Access time of the…

Q: You have a disk with an average seek time of 3ms. Its rotation speed is 20,000rpm. The disk is…

A: A disk configuration with :Average seek time = 3msRotation Speed = 20000rpm = 20000 rotation in 1…

Q: . (True/False): The primary list of files on a disk is called the base directory

A: The correct answer of the following question is:

Q: Store a file of 20000 records on a disk with the following characteristics: # of bytes per sector =…

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Q: An engineer has designed a FAT-like system and he has used 24 bits for each entry. For a 32-GB disk,…

A: The size of each entry:-24 bits Size of the disk:-32 GB

Q: Let's say that a file block is located on the disc at the 581132 position. What are your thoughts in…

A: Introduction   Thoughts on file block located at the address 581132 on the disc. When we talk about…

Q: omputer Science Each group (three students) should select one of the 15 tests on the attached file…

A: The first known use of a dynamic permutation in stream cipher design was RC4, designed by Ron Rivest…

Q: An application loads 100 libraries at start-up. Loading each library requires exactly one disk…

A: Introduction :Given , a disk .seek time = 10 ms rotational speed = 6000 rpmtotal number of libraries…

Q: The average time necessary for the correct sector of a disk to arrive at the read write head A…

A: The correct answer for  the above question is:-

Q: - According to the figure which represents a disk, write the appropriate term for each of the…

A: We are given a disk and few highlighted parts, we will see what those parts in hard disks represent.…

Q: Usually in each Hard Disk the number of Sectors equal to O The number of 512 Bytes The number of…

A: Hardisj is used to store the data permannently.

Q: For simplicity, let us assume that a file block is located at the address 581132 on the disc. What…

A: In this question we have to understand how the file block are located and stored in the disc. Lets…

Q: Operating systems make an effort to preserve successive blocks in the same position after reading a…

A: Magnetic Disk In order to write, rewrite, and access the data, a magnetic disc utilises a…

Q: When a file’s storage becomes fragmented, what does this mean in terms of cylinders and seek…

A: Disk Fragmentation Fragmentation occurs when a file system is unable to allocate enough contiguous…

Q: ________ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors

A: Out of crashing, alloting, formatting and tracking: Alloting- Defines storage of files in the disk…

Q: what is grades.dat file ?

A: According to the question we need to tell what is grades.dat file.

Q: It is tried that concurrent parts of a file will be stored on subsequent devices in sequence. Is…

A: Start: Magnetic discs are quite important. An operating system's file system guarantees that each…

Q: Normalizing an audio file prepares a file for DVD replication. O a. False O b. True

A: Normalizing an audio files prepare a file for dvd replication

Q: here are some databases that only use sectors in the outer tracks when they use magnetic discs. This…

A: given - There are some databases that only use sectors in the outer tracks when they use magnetic…

Q: Locations on a disk's storage that are in pie-shaped sections?

A: In a computer disk storage, the disk is usually divided into TRACKS,CYLINDERS AND SECTORS the…

Q: (True/False): Physical sectors are always 512 bytes because the sectors are marked on the disk by…

A: Physical sector Sectors are the sections within each track. Each sector stores a fixed amount of…

Q: In order to get rid of discs or hard drives, it is best to write binary zeros on them at least seven…

A: Introduction: You must format your HDD at least seven times (using the slow, slow format; you cannot…

Q: Which of the following statements accurately describes the advantages and disadvantages of disc…

A: Introduction: Drive Write Caching enables your computer's applications to handle files without…

Q: What does it imply when a file's storage gets fragmented in terms of cylinders and seek operations…

A: what does file storage fragmented in terms of cylinder and seek operations conduct  by drive.

Q: A file consists of only the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and it has a total of 1000 characters.…

A: i ) Variable length encoding scheme (optimal) using huffman Tree Word Code A 00 B 10 C 01…

Q: 2. Create an array of 4 disks where you will stripe 5 rows of 0 and 1 where the parity is set to…

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Q: Given a text file in which the frequency of each letter is 30 A's 40 E's 20 B's 60 C's 15 D's and 32…

A: Introduction: A file is a collection of data written in a specific order. The steps to create a text…

Q: A device is sending out data at the rate of 1000 bps. a. How long does it take to send out 10 bits?…

A: A device is sending out data at the rate of 1000 bits per second. We need to find -  How long does…

Q: The main level of a disk is called the:   a. Root   b. Platform   c. Head   d. Subdirectory

A: The main level of a disk is called root  Level of the disk starts from root directory Next folders…

Q: In there is one read-write head per track. Nonremovable Disk Removable Disk O Movable-Head Disk…

A: In a fixed-head disk, there is one read-write head per track.   According to the given statement :-…

Q: What does it imply when a file's storage gets fragmented in terms of cylinders and seek operations…

A: In fragmentation the system of the file that cannot be revert the space that can be store the unit…

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of caching write operations on a disc?

A: Intro Cache is the smallest unit of memory in the computer system which stores the small memory for…

Q: An Inode is a ______________ that stores the information about a file.

A: This question is related to data structure.

Q: 2. Given a magnetic disk with the following specification, what is the storage capacity in Mbytes? •…

A: Capacity of disk = Total number of cylinders x Number of tracks per cylinder x Number of bytes per…

Q: A file consists of only the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and it has a total of 1000 characters.…

A: The Answer is in below Steps:-

Q: The two sorts of files that exist in general are as follows: Which of these two file formats is…

A: Binary codes represent text, computer processor instructions, or any other kind of data using a…

Parallel and Distributed Storage

A parallel storage file system is a sort of clustered file system. A clustered file system is a storage system shared by multiple devices simultaneously.