Chapter 17: Outside the CPU: Secondary Storage
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angular speed........................................... 17.5
CD-ROM.................................................. 17.7
compact disk (CD-ROM)................................... 17.7
contiguous allocation................................... 17.6
controller.............................................. 17.4
cylinder................................................ 17.6
cylinder groups......................................... 17.6
database................................................ 17.6
defragment.............................................. 17.6
device driver........................................... 17.4
disk addressing......................................... 17.4
disk drive.............................................. 17.2
diskette................................................ 17.2
drift................................................... 17.3
file.................................................... 17.6
format.................................................. 17.3
free sector list........................................ 17.6
hard disk............................................... 17.2
hard-sectored........................................... 17.3
magnetic media.......................................... 17.2
magnetic tape........................................... 17.1
Manchester encoding..................................... 17.3
microcommand............................................ 17.4
Mylar................................................... 17.2
non-volatile media...................................... 17.1
operating system........................................ 17.4
optical scanner......................................... 17.1
pits.................................................... 17.7
platter................................................. 17.2
pointer (to next sector)................................ 17.6
radially................................................ 17.7
read.................................................... 17.4
read/write head......................................... 17.1
reorganize.............................................. 17.6
rotational delay........................................ 17.5
rotation rate........................................... 17.5
secondary storage....................................... 17.1
sector address.......................................... 17.4
sector.................................................. 17.2
seek delay.............................................. 17.5
soft-sectored........................................... 17.3
stepper motor........................................... 17.2
tape.................................................... 17.1
tracks.................................................. 17.2
volatile storage........................................ 17.7
write................................................... 17.4