Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive (FDD).A floppy disk is used to record information on. The information is stored on the floppy disk and can be used later or used on another computer. Disk drive Disk drive is used for storing and retrieving digital information using rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material. An Disk drive retains its data even when powered off. Data is read in a random-access
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The History of Computer Storage Innovation from 1928 to Today Humankind has always tried to find ways to store information. In today s modern age‚ people have become accustomed to technological terminology‚ such as CD-ROM‚ USB Key‚ and DVD. Floppy disks and cassette tapes have been forgetting except for the most nostalgic. Subsequent generations have simply forgotten about the technology that helped evolve the efficient computer storage systems we all use everyday. As time humanity continues
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those ancient devices are still being manufactured. What once played a role in peoples’ everyday lives‚ could now be boxed in somebody’s basement‚ gradually collecting dust. Some of these gadgets would be the portable CD player‚ the pager‚ and the floppy disk. In the modern era of the internet‚ websites like iTunes or other MP3 software purveyors can be found. From these websites‚ people can look up their favorite music artists and purchase as many songs as they like‚ all while downloading their purchased
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The BTK Killer “The floppy did me in.” Words from notorious serial killer Dennis Rader‚ also known as the BTK killer. Rader’s spree of violence lasted nearly 30 years and included 10 victims. Raider’s actions were strange‚ in the way that he communicated to the police. He truly enjoyed taunting the police and gloating about his crimes. His usual way of communicating with the police was through letters or 3x5 cards that he would send to the police directly or to the local television station
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Life Cycle of a Virus The life cycle of a virus begins when it is created and ends when it is completely eradicated. The following outline describes each stage: Creation Until recently‚ creating a virus required knowledge of a computer programming language. Today anyone with basic programming knowledge can create a virus. Typically‚ individuals who wish to cause widespread‚ random damage to computers create viruses. Replication Viruses typically replicate for a long period of time before they
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UNESCO-NIGERIA TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REVITALISATION PROJECT-PHASE II NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Computer System Troubleshooting1 COURSE CODE: COM 216 YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1 THEORETICAL BOOK Version 1: December 2008 Table Of Content Opening the Display Properties Panel ....................................................................... 107 The Layout of the Panel ............................................................................................. 108
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How an Antivirus Program Works http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=485&p=3 {draw:frame} The information is in the ’Source system’ and must reach the ’Destination system’. The source system could be a floppy disk and the destination system could be the hard disk of a computer‚ or the origin an ISP in which a message is stored and the destination‚ the Windows communication system in the client machine‚ Winsock. The information interpretation system varies depending on whether
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showcased Fiber optic BELL Laboratories Establish Fiber Optic communication 1974 The term “ Internet” is considered The Department of Defense Connect multiple Networks 1976 Digital radio and time divisional switching introduced IBM Floppy Disk was introduced 1984 Introduction of Domain Name Service(DNS) A T & T Translate between Domain Names and IP Addresses 1992 The World Wide Web is born Tim Bernerslee World wide sharing of information The historical telecommunications
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DISK OPERATING SYSTEM INTRODUCTION: • MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a single-user‚ single-tasking computer operating system that uses a command line interface (CLI). • It also works as an interpreter between user and computer. • The term DOS can refer to any operating system‚ but it is most often used as shorthand for MS-DOS (Microsoft disk operating system). Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM‚ MS-DOS was the standard operating system for IBM-compatible
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physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g.[1] As of September 2011 drives of 256 gigabytes (GB) are available‚[2] Storage capacities as large as 2 terabytesare planned‚ with steady improvements in size and price per capacity expected.[3] Some allow up to 100‚000 write/erase cycles‚ depending on the exact type of memory chip used‚ and a 10 year shelf storage time.[4][5][6] USB flash drives are often used for the same purposes for which floppy disks or CD-ROMs were used. They
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