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The first discs that were made for computers were made from a thin material that bent easily. These were referred to as floppy disc then a smaller disc with a hard plastic cover was brought out to replace this which was originally meant to be referred to as a hard disc, however at around the same time the discs that computers ran on were also looking for a name and these ended up being called the hard disc and the new rigidly encased discs went back to being referred to as floppy discs.
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Is hard disk random access memory or sequantial access memory?
A hard disk is a Sequential Access Memory device or SAM
Why you write hard disk instead of hard disc?
Personal preference - either form is acceptable !
Who was the first user of the hard disk drive?
Joseph Konrad Du Havre.
What was the capacity of the first hard disk drive?
half a million 6 bit characters
What is 'hard disk drive' in Portuguese?
"Disco rígido" is a Portuguese equivalent of "hard disk drive."The masculine noun "disco" means "record, disk." Its singular definite article is "o" ("the"), and its singular indefinite article "um" ("a, one"). The masculine adjective "rígido" means "hard, rigid."Together, the pronunciation is "DJEE-skoo HEE-djee-doo" according to the continental Portuguese and Rio de Janeiro accents.
What is the other name for hard disk in architecture?
It is also known as Hard Drive, Disk Drive, Or Hard Disk Drive.
What is the history of hard disk and the inventor of hard disk?
The history of hard disk is that, hard disk is invented in 1950's that time hard disk size is 20 inche's maximum the name of hard disk inventer is "REY JOHNSON" by the help of IBM team. ""BILAWAL ABBAS""
What is a name unit of storage?
Hard Drive Disk (HDD)
What is company name of hard disk?
samsung
The name of the location on a disk where files are stored?
its a hard drive
Is a hard disk a hardware or a software?
A computer hard disk or hard drive (fixed disk) is hardware.
What is name of hardisk which is use in computers?
A hard disk drive platter
What does 'HDD' stand for?
Hard Disk Drive.
What are types of disk drives?
IDE hard disk, SCSI hard disk, SATA hard disk, External hard disk, it is also differ by RPM speed for the HADD. I hope that helpes.
How many types of hard disk?
There are two types of Hard disk. 1:Sea gate disk 2:SATA Hard disk
What are five types of disk drives?
IDE hard disk, SCSI hard disk, SATA hard disk, External hard disk, it is also differ by RPM speed for the HADD. I hope that helpes.
How do you determine hard disk brand?
It is mentioned on top of the hard disk.. after detect it the bios setup shows the information..usually includes brand name or initial letters..
