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Vocab 2 Flashcards

1
Q

_____ is inserted into a drive and allows a user to read and store data placed on it. It holds 1.44MB of data.

A

Floppy Disc

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______ is the inability of the source device to keep the burner loaded with data, creates more coasters - that is, improperly burned and therefore useless CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs - than any other single problem.

A

Buffer Underrun

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3
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______ allows a user to write to a DVD erase what was written and write again. This format was pushed by all manufacturers but Sony and Phillips.

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DVD-RW

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4
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is the Blu-ray equivalent of the standard DVD-ROM data format except it can store much more data.

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BD-ROM

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5
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The disk you insert into this device arrived in 1987 and stored 1.44MB is called ________

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3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

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6
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_____ eliminated the high-definition format to become the only high-definition and high-capacity optical format.

A

Blu-Ray Disk

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7
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____ located on a CD or DVD ROM that allows it to automatically play when inserted into a drive.

A

Autorun.inf

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8
Q

____ gives a PC the ability to access data on a Flash Media device

A

Card Reader

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9
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____ means they plug into ATA controllers on the motherboard, just like a hard drive, so you don’t need to install drivers.

A

ATAPI Compliant

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10
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You use ____ to perform a method of preventative maintenance on floppy drives to scour gently inside the drive for dust and other particles.

A

Cleaning Kit

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_____ is the equivalent of the standard CD-ROM data format except that it’s capable of storing up to almost 16 GB of data.

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DVD-ROM

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12
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_____ a medium that was originally designed more that 25 years ago as a replacement for vinyl records.

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Compact Disc

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13
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the CompTIA A+ exams refer to dual-layer DVDs as this.

A

DLDVD

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14
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the name given to the disc that the “Powers That Be” created a special method for storing data on a disk. It divides the disk into fixed sectors, each holding 2353 bytes.

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CD-ROM

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15
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you can write to this Blu-Ray Disc one time.

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BD-R

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16
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took over the burning market from CD-R drives.

A

CD-RW

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17
Q

Floppy drives connect to the computer using this.

A

34-Pin Ribbon Cable

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18
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the name the CompTIA A+ exams give to a rewriteable DVD.

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Dual Layer DVD-RW

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19
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the oldest, most complex, and physically largest of all removable flash media cards.

A

Compact Flash

20
Q

term used by the industry to distinguish the movie format from the data formats for versatile discs.

A

DVD-Video

21
Q

also called the Auto Insert Notification option this setting enables Windows to detect automatically the presence of audio or data optical discs when they are placed in the drive.

A

Autoplay

22
Q

Sony and Phillips pushed this series of Rewritable DVD Disks.

A

DVD+RW

23
Q

this type of Blu-Ray allows the user to Write and Erase to a Disc several times.

A

BD-RE

24
Q

introduced in the mid-1990’s this standard enables data to be added to a disc.

A

CD-R

25
Q

the first CD’s that were designed for playing music and organizing the music in a special format were called this.

A

CDDA

26
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a file system also called ISO-9660 devised by CD manufacturers that allows non-PC devices to read CDs. The vase majority of data CD-ROMs use this format today.

A

CDFS

27
Q

The generic term for all types of shiny, 12-centimeter-wide discs.

A

Optical Disc

28
Q

Production movies on DVD & Blu-ray often have this which enables you to play movies only on a player that shares it

A

Region Code

29
Q

The most common flash media format today.

A

Secure Digital (SD)

30
Q

Works with your Stereo system to do burning of Music CD’s

A

Music CD-R

31
Q

Known as wavelet compression to create files that are more compact than either JPEG or QuickTime files.

A

MPEG 4

32
Q

This gives the user the ability to go back and burn additional data onto the CD-R disc until the disc is full.

A

Multi-session Drives

33
Q

This card is about 1/2 the size of an SD card and almost always used in Olympus and Fujifilm digital cameras.

A

Extreme Digital (XD) Picture Card

34
Q

This supports Optical discs.

A

Optical Drive

35
Q

DVD-video relies on this standard of video and audio compression to reach the magic of two hours of video per side

A

MPEG-2

36
Q

This is where the red wire on a ribbon cable should be inserted on the controller.

A

Pin 1

37
Q

the main competitor to CF cards and for a few years was quite popular in digital cameras.

A

Smart Media

38
Q

These are true hard drives, using platters and read/write heads that fit into the tiny CF form factor.

A

Micro Drive

39
Q

This device makes it incredibly easy to move data between computers and a 32-GB one of these holds as much data as 22,000 standard 3 1/2 inch floppy disks.

A

USB Thumb Drive

40
Q

This supports a Floppy Disc

A

Floppy Drive

41
Q

This is a replacement for ISO-9660 and all of its various extensions, resulting in a single file format that any drive and operating system can read.

A

Universal Data Format

42
Q

Also called a Mine-Molex & Berg this connector provides power to the floppy drive.

A

Mini Power Connector

43
Q

this is a “complete” copy of an optical disc.

A

ISO File

44
Q

Refers to any type of mass storage device that you may use in one system and then physically remove from that system and use in another.

A

Removable Media

45
Q

A proprietary device used by Sony that allows the storage of pictures, etc. Several of these are Standard, Pro, Duo, Pro Duo, and Micro.

A

Memory Stick

46
Q

This format is also referred to as CDFS and is used in the vast majority of data CD-ROMs today.

A

ISO

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