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Backing storage is used to store programs and data when a computer is not in use or turned off. Common types of backing storage media include magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and hard disks, with magnetic tape available in reels or cartridges for creating backup copies and only allowing sequential access to data. CD-ROMs can hold much more data than floppy disks but cannot be changed once written, while rewritable discs allow burning data using dedicated CD drives.

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Backing Storage: Name: - Group

Backing storage is used to store programs and data when a computer is not in use or turned off. Common types of backing storage media include magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and hard disks, with magnetic tape available in reels or cartridges for creating backup copies and only allowing sequential access to data. CD-ROMs can hold much more data than floppy disks but cannot be changed once written, while rewritable discs allow burning data using dedicated CD drives.

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Backing storage

Name:______________________ Group:____________

Copy the sentences below and complete the blanks using words from the list. You should use each word only once. backup tape erased read backing media WORM compact hard read/write cartridges serial (a) _________ storage is used to store programs and data when they are not being used or when a computer is switched off. (b) Magnetic __________, floppy disks, and __________ disks are all types of backing storage __________. (c) Magnetic tape comes in reels or ______________. It is used to make _____________ copies of programs and data. Magnetic tapes allow only _____________ access to data. (d) CD-ROM stands for _____________ disk __________ only

memory. A CD-ROM can store approximately four hundred times more data than an ordinary 3 inch floppy disk. Data stored on a CD-ROM cannot be changed or

_____________. _____________ disks are a special type of compact disk that are supplied blank and can have data written or burned onto them using special ________________ CD drives.

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