MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)
MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337285193
Author: Vermaat, Misty E.; Sebok, Susan L.; Freund, Steven M.; Campbell, Jennifer T.; Frydenberg, Mark
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Formatting is a process of dividing a disk into two parts such as “tracks” and “sectors”.

Hence, the correct answer is “Formatting”.

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MindTap Computing, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Vermaat/Sebok/Freund/Campbell Frydenberg's Discovering Computers 2018 (MindTap Course List)

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