Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Hard disk:

Hard disk drive is a high-speed storage device that contains high capacity, which is built inside the system unit. It comprises of one or more flexible, circular platters use magnetic particles to store data or information.

  • The rotating disks on disk drive are referred to as platters in which the programs and data are processed and stored with the results.
  • Hard disks are separated into sections called as partitions.
  • The partitioning of hard disk is required because if the user of the system requires to run more than one operating system

Solid-state drives (SSD):

SSD stands for Solid State Drive. It is a non-volatile secondary storage that stores the data on solid state flash memory and it contains individual processor to manage and control its storage.

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Sites that provide useful information:

The sites that provide useful information for searching about the storage devices are “www.tomshardware.com” and “www.itworld.com”.

Sites that enables to find the information easier:

The site that enables to find the information easier is www.tomshardware.com. This site provides detailed description and specification of the device and thus it makes the user to find the required products.

Sites having large number advertisement:

The site that displays large number of advertisement is “www.networkworld.com”. While surfing on this page, it pops with different advertisement and makes the user to navigate to different links...

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