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41History of the floppy disk — 8 inch, 5¼ inch, and 3½ inch floppy disks Over the history of the floppy disk a number of different formats were used. Floppy disks have now been largely superseded by other storage media and by network file transfer. Contents …
42Computer data storage — 1 GB of SDRAM mounted in a personal computer. An example of primary storage …
43Oracle machine — In complexity theory and computability theory, an oracle machine is an abstract machine used to study decision problems. It can be visualized as a Turing machine with a black box, called an oracle, which is able to decide certain decision… …
44Disk-drive performance characteristics — are the attributes which control the time it takes to transfer (read or write) data between a computer and a data storage device (most typically disk storage) starting with the initial command from the computer or host until the storage device… …
45Magnetic tape data storage — uses digital recording on to magnetic tape to store digital information. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes. The device that performs actual writing or reading of data is a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape… …
46Apple II series — The Apple II (often written as Apple ] [ or Apple //) was the first mass produced microcomputer product, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.). It was among the first home computers on the market, and became one of the most recognizable …
47Millipede memory — Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRAM In development T RAM Z RAM TTRAM Historical Delay line memory Selectron tube Williams tube Non volatile …
48Disk buffer — Not to be confused with page cache. The disk buffer sits on the controller board of the hard drive. In computer storage, disk buffer (often ambiguously[citation needed] called disk cache …
49William Goddard — Infobox Scientist name = William A. Goddard box width = image width = caption = William Goddard in 1953 birth date = birth date|1913|7|10 birth place = St. Joseph, Missouri death date = death date and age|1997|9|29|1913|7|10 death place = Chico,… …
50Commodore 1541 — Front view of the most common version of the Commodore 1541 disk drive, with open disk slot. This version uses a Newtronics drive mechanism, and the rotating lever is used to hold the disk in place …
