Question | Answer |
What is a Blu-ray Disc (BD)? | The latest optical storage technology. It uses the UDF version 2.5 file system. |
card reader is another name for? and what does it do? | Another name for a media reader. It provides slots for memory cards and can be an internal or external device. |
Whats a CD used for? | A popular storage media for multimedia data. CDs are the most popular way of distributing software. |
What kind of file system is CDFS (Compact Disc File System)? | The 32-bit file system for CD discs. |
What kind of CD format is constant linear velocity (CLV)? | A CD-ROM format in which the spacing of data is consistent on the CD, but the speed of the disc varies depending on whether the data being read is near the center or the edge of the disc. |
Whats a data cartridge used for? | A type of tape medium typically used for backups. Full-sized data cartridges are 4 x 6 x 2 inches in size. A mini-cartridge is only 3 x 2 x 2 inches in size. |
What kind of CD format is DVD (digital video disc or digital versatile disc)? | A faster, larger CD format that can read older CDs, store over 8 GB of data, and hold full-length motion picture videos. |
What does a half-life do with storage? | The time it takes for a medium storing data to weaken to half of its strength. Magnetic media, including traditional hard drives and floppy disks, have a half-life of five to seven years. |
What does a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): have to do with the internet? | A graphical compression scheme that allows the user to control the amount of data that is averaged and sacrificed as file size is reduced. It is a common Internet file format. Most JPEG files have a .jpg extension. |
What are lands on a CD/DVD? | Microscopic flat areas on the surface of a CD or DVD that separate pits. Lands and pits are used to represent data on the disk. |
Whats another name for a media reader? | Another name for a card reader. It provides slots for memory cards and can be an internal or external device. |
Whats a memory card reader/writer another name for? | Another name for a media reader. It provides slots for memory cards and can be an internal or external device. |