Technical Terms - Hardware (A-Z) - Drive

What is the main purpose of a computer drive?

• To display images on the screen

• To cool down the computer

• To store data

• To connect to the internet

Which type of floppy drive was popular in the 1980s?

• 3.5 inch floppy drive

• 5.25 inch floppy drive

• Optical drive

• Flash drive

What type of media does an optical drive use?

• Floppy disks

• Optical media such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs

• Solid state drives

• Magnetic tapes

Which storage device is highly portable and connects directly to a USB port?

• Optical drive

• Flash drive

• SSD

• HDD

What is the most common internal storage device used by computers over the past several decades?

• HDD

• Optical drive

• Flash drive

• SSD

What does SSD stand for?

• Super Speed Drive

• Secure Software Drive

• Solid State Drive

• System Storage Device

Where is data sent first when a computer reads it from a drive?

• RAM

• SSD

• GPU

• CPU

Why are computer drives called 'drives'?

• Because they are the fastest storage devices

• Because they are the main component of a computer

• Because they help the computer move physically

• Because they require a rotating device to spin the disk

Which drive provides faster performance than a hard drive and contains no moving parts?

• HDD

• Optical drive

• SSD

• Flash drive

What type of data do all drives store?

• Nonvolatile data

• Dynamic data

• Volatile data

• Temporary data