Question | Answer |
Blu ray Disc | an optical technology that uses the udf version 2.5 file system and a blue laser beam |
card reader | media reader |
compact disc | optical disc used to store digital data. |
compact disc file system | cdfs |
constant linear velocity | a cd rom format in which the spacing of data is consistent on the cd |
data cartridge | a type of tape medium typically used for backups |
digital versatile disc | dvd |
half life | life expectancy |
joint photographic experts group | jpeg |
lands | smooth and level areas.are ones. |
media reader | port either attached to or a part of a computer. |
memory card | A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices |
musical instrument digital interface | midi |
minicartridge | only 3 |
MP3 | lossy compression algorithm is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners |
pits | recessed areas on the surface. are zeros |
sequential access | read in order |
removable storage devices | solid state devices external hard drives tape drives |
tagged image file format | a flexible, adaptable file format for handling images and data within a single file, by including the header tags (size, definition, image-data arrangement, applied image compression) defining the image's geometry |
tv tuner card | receives input from tv cable and view it on monitor |
universal disk format file system | a CD-ROM and DVD file system standard developed as a means of ensuring consistency among data written to various optical media, by facilitating both data interchange and the implementation of the ISO/IEC 13346 standard. |
video capture card | captures video input and saves it to hard drives |
solid state device | memory chips no moving parts |
flash memory devices | sdhc microsdhc minisdhc sd |
three variations of surround sound | 5.1 7.1 9.1 |
flash memory devices | sony memory stick pro microsd |
store data digitally | ones and zeros |
operations performed on sound | recording saving replaying mixing editing |
port types | input output |
input ports | microphone cd dvd |
output ports | speakers |
each channel is digital | no background noise |
onboard sound | sound built into motherboard |
soundblaster | defacto standard for sounds on a pc
not a written in stone standard but a generalized understanding |
internal input connectors | connect directly to cd or dvd drive |
mpeg | moving pictures expert group |
sound file extensions | wav aif |
internal input connectors | analog or digital sound bypasses the cpu |
examples of usb drives | flash pen jump drive key drive thumb drive |
breakout box | provides multiple ports and connects to the card using a short cable |
examples of solid state devices | usb drives flash memory cards |
most common flash memory devices | secure digital high capacity compact flash |
removable storage devices | usb drives tap drives zip drives memory card |
shorter blue laser beam | allows blu ray discs to store more data than a dvd |
media reader | provides slots for memory cards can be external or internal |
clv | the speed of the disc varies depending on whether the data being read is near the center of the disc |
udf | universal disk format |
cdfs | compact disc file system |
cd dvd | use red laser beams |
cd | data is written to only one side |
optical disk data | one continuous spiral of equal length sectors |
constant linear velocity | disc spins faster when then read write head is near the center of theh disc |
single sided single layer dvd | 4.7gb |
single sided dual layer dvd | 8.5gb |
double sided single layer dvd | 9.4gb |
double sided dual layer dvd | 17gb |
double sided single layer bd | 25 gb |
double sided dual layer bd | 50 gb |
cd rom | silver |
cd r | blue black |
cd rw | blue black |
dvd - rom | read only memory |
dvd-r | recordable single layer |
dvd - r dl | recordable in dual layers |
dvd - rw | rewriteable |
dvd- rw dl | rewriteable dual layers |
dvd + r | recordable |
dvd+r dl | recordable dual layers |
dvd +rw | rewriteable |
dvd-ram | rewriteable and eraseable |
bd-rom | read only |
bd-r | recordable |
bd-re | rewriteable |
HP | lightscribe |
| labelflash |
half life | time it takes for the strength of the medium to weaken by half |
external hard drives | method of keeping backups of data stored on your hard drive |
external hard drives | can be magnetic or solid state drives |
usb | 480 mb |
biggest disadvanatge of tape drives | need to read in sequential access |
sequential access | have to access the date from start to end in order |
tape drives | full size data cartridges and data cartridges |
twain | teechnology without an interesting name |
twain | standard format for transferring images |
jpeg | compressed file |
tiff | uncompressed file |
mp3 | method of storing a sound file in compressed format |
midi | method of digitially describing and storing every individual note played by each instrument in making music |
midi | musical instrument digital interface |
midi | set of standards that represent music i digital form |
bds use what file system | udf 2.5 |
two types of file formats for images | jpeg tff |
video capture card | allows you to capture input from a camcorder or directly from tv |
plug n play | pc recognizes it without installing drivers |
internal optical drive uses | SCSI PATA SATA interface |
four choices for drive installations | primary master primary slave secondary master secondary slave |
sata connections | all hard drives |
cd | hold 700 mb of data |
eide drive | pata drive |