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Which of the following is true about an internal hard disk?

A) Variable amount of storage
B) Often stores the operating system
C) Portable
D) Slow

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File _______ expands compressed files.

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CD-ROMs are often used to archive data and to record music downloaded from the Internet.

The process of accessing information from secondary storage devices is referred to as _______.

Disk _______ improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs and reducing time to access data from secondary storage.

The large capacity, high-definition optical discs designed to store hi-def video and video games are _______.

If you have used Google Docs to create a word processing document, you have used cloud computing.

DVD + R and DVD-R both stand for DVD _______.

Most large organizations store data through a strategy called a(n) _______ (3 words) to promote efficient and safe use of data across the networks within their organizations.

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

Which of the following measures the amount of time required by the storage device to retrieve data and programs?

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

A hard crash typically occurs on an optical disc when it makes contact with particles on its surface.

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