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Management Information System: Year at Central Group of

This document provides an overview of management information systems and storage devices. It discusses the different types of storage units in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. There are three main categories of storage devices: magnetic storage devices, optical storage devices, and other storage devices. Magnetic storage devices include hard disks, floppy disks, zip disks, and removable hard disks. Optical storage devices include CDs, DVDs, and recordable discs. Other storage devices discussed are solid state drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, magnetic stripe cards, and smart cards.

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Management Information System: Year at Central Group of

This document provides an overview of management information systems and storage devices. It discusses the different types of storage units in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. There are three main categories of storage devices: magnetic storage devices, optical storage devices, and other storage devices. Magnetic storage devices include hard disks, floppy disks, zip disks, and removable hard disks. Optical storage devices include CDs, DVDs, and recordable discs. Other storage devices discussed are solid state drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, magnetic stripe cards, and smart cards.

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Management Information

System
M.Com, 1st Year at Central Group of
Colleges

Storage Unit
Term Ap Exact
pro Bytes
x.
Byt
es
Kilo
Byte
(KB)

1
Tho
usa
nd
Mega 1
Byte Milli
(MB) on
Giga 1

1,024

1,048,57
6
1,073,74

Storage Devices

Used to store data


There are three major
categories of storage
devices
oMagnetic Storage Devices
oOptical Storage Devices

Magnetic Storage Devices


Hard disk
oMagnetic material used, Such as Iron
Oxide or Ferrous oxide)
oHaving track and sectors to organize Data
oIn most PCs it is fixed
oWindows O/S divides the disk into four
areas
Master Boot Record
File Allocation Table (FAT)

Tracks and Sectors on Disk

Hard Disk
Disk Cache / Buffer
Data Reading steps
oController Chip receive request for
data
oController check cache for data
oIf data not found on cache then
locate it on platters

External and Removable Hard


Disk

External Hard Disk


oAttached with USB Port or
FireWire Port
oCapacity can be of 4 TB or
more

Removable Hard Disk

Miniature Hard Disk


Tiny hard disks are available
both external and internal
Used in Portable Media
oDigital Cameras
oSmart Phones
oCapacity from 1 GB to 320 GB

Miniature Hard Disk

Magnetic Storage Devices


Floppy Disk
oIt is a portable storage medium.
oIt store small size of data, it

physical size 3.5 inch with 1.44 MB


maximum storage

Zip Disk
oSimilar size to floppy disk but

storage capacity is about 100-

Floppy & Zip Drives

Optical Storage Devices


Optical disk uses laser technology to
read and write data. Laser beam
writes on the surface by crating small
pits in the disk.
oCD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only
Memory)

oDVD ROM (Digital Video Disc Read


Only Memory)

oCD-R (CD Recordable),

Reading Data from Optical


Disk

CD & DRD

Other Storage Devices


Flash Memory
oSolid State Drives
oUSB Flash Disk

Memory Cards
Magnetic Stripe Cards
Smart Cards
Micro Film

SSD (Solid State Drive)

Magnetic Stripe and Smart


Cards

Micro Film

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