Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The End of the Floppy Disk

Please read the following article:

Answer the following questions:

  1. What factors have led to the "death" of the 3.5" floppy disk?

  2. What does the author feel will be the fate of optical media (CD-R, DVD-R)?

  3. What is a solid state drive (SSD)?

  4. What is meant by storing data on the "cloud?"

  5. What is your opinion about storing data on the "cloud" using sevices like Google Docs, etc.?
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  1. Billy MitchellApril 28, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    1.For one, USB drives.
    2. That it will follow suit with the floppy disks.
    3.SSDs don't spin, and they cost more per gigabyte than traditional hard drives. So they are basically a hard drive.
    4. Keeping it on a back up system.
    5.I think it's a excllent idea.

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  2. UnknownApril 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM

    1. The used of usb and flash drives and how they are smaller and can stort more and are easier to used.
    2.It will be replaced by the next best thing.
    3. SSD drive are a dirve that does not have moving parts so it could have a longer life spand.
    $4. it is ment to store data on the enternet and maby have a back up with that.
    5. you bacly put it on there and you leave it and you can loge back in to get it and you can get it from any where and any computer.

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