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Which of the following is not an example of secondary storage?

A) External hard drives
B) RAID
C) RAM
D) Flash drives

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Due to its expanded storage capability, fast access speed, and high reliability, _____ is often used by Internet servers and large organizations.

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File servers are appropriate devices to use in an enterprise storage system.

File _____ programs scan files for ways to reduce the amount of required storage.

These discs have a capacity of 50 gigabytes on one side.

Solid-state storage devices are different than hard disks in that they:

Briefly discuss the differences between CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs.

Describe some of the mass storage devices that support an enterprise storage system.

Disk caching uses a combination of hardware and software.

This process improves system performance by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between a secondary storage device and the CPU.

An external hard disk:

DVD stands for digital versatile disc or digital _____ disc.

Optical discs use these to represent data.

What is solid-state storage? Give examples.

External hard disks use different technology than internal hard disks.

_____ speed is the measure of the amount of time required by a storage device to retrieve data and programs.

Secondary storage provides temporary or volatile storage.

The hard disk's disk surface is scratched and some or all of the data is destroyed when there is a:

RAID connects several inexpensive hard-disk drives to one another.

A(n) _____ hard disk is typically connected to a USB or FireWire port.