Pg 90-95 Flashcards
What are two types of flash memory?
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SD Cards
USB Flash Drives
What is the difference between an internal and external card reader?
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Internal card readers are integrated into the machine reading them.
External card readers must be connected to a computer through USB slots.
What is an eMMC?
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Embedded multimedia card. It can be permanently embedded into the circuit board of a cheaper or smaller mobile device.
Which computer utility do you assign a “Drive letter” manually to a USB?
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Disk Management
What is a hot swappable device?
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A device that may be inserted and removed with the system powered on
What is a cold swappable device?
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A device that must have no system power when being inserted or removed, such as a keyboard or mouse. These are only applicable to a device connected to the PS/2 connector
What must a device have to be considered a warm swappable device?
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A file system.
USB and external drives.
What should one do before removing a USB or external drive?
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Click safely remove hardware.
What is plug-and-play?
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When the BIOS and operating system work together to recognize a device, making instillation easier.
Which major company uses IOS (Not iOS the operating system.)
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Cisco
What is driving HDD out of the market?
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SSD
What is a write protect notch on an SD card?
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A switch on the card that can allow or deny rewriting stored media.
Is an SSD better than an eEMC?
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Yes, one reason being SSDs use multiple flash memory chips. (Similar to the way RAID does.)
What is the first thing to make sure of before removing an internal storage device?
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Be sure power source is removed from the system.
What are xD-Cards primarily used for?
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Digital cameras
