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Magnetic devices

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Total cards: 8•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

How are magnetic devices read?

Back (Answer)

They are read with a moving head inside the disk drive

#2
Front (Question)

What are some negative impacts of moving parts?

Back (Answer)

Make the media relatively slow to read from or write to Make the disk more susceptible to damage

#3
Front (Question)

Which of these does not have moving parts? SSD and HDD

Back (Answer)

SSD

#4
Front (Question)

What is a negative impact of magnetic disks?

Back (Answer)

Vulnerable to magnetic fields

#5
Front (Question)

What are the two types of magnetic disk drives?

Back (Answer)

Internal and portable

#6
Front (Question)

How are portable magnetic disk drives connected to the computer?

Back (Answer)

Through a USB port

#7
Front (Question)

What are hard disks best suited for and why?

Back (Answer)

Desktop computers because they are not very portable and have a huge capacity

#8
Front (Question)

How do newer hard disks have capacities of several terabytes?

Back (Answer)

Because of the smaller denser surface areas spinning under the read-write heads.