Part 4 (Study Guide Module 8)

If you are using a Mac and accidently delete a file from the hard drive and need to recover it, look in the Recycle Bin. 

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A storage medium is also called primary storage. 

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Items stored in RAM remain intact even when you turn off a computer or mobile device. 

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Perpendicular recording aligns the magnetic particles horizontally around the surface of the hard disk. 

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Hard disks are read/write storage media. 

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The total number of items that can be stored on a gigabyte will vary, depending on file size, quality of media, and other factors.

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Because the user accesses files on cloud storage through a browser using an app from the storage provider, the actual media on which the files are stored are transparent to the user. 

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SSDs typically have higher storage capacities than hard disks. 

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EIDE is an interface that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information. 

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The defragmentation process reduces the amount of time it takes the hard disk to locate and access the files necessary for programs to run. 

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