Electronics and Communication Engineering - Microprocessors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Microprocessors - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
1.
Which of the following can be accessed only sequentially?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Magnetic tape can be accessed only sequentially.
Discussion:
8 comments Page 1 of 1.
Mahesh Chauksi said:
2 years ago
we can see all the contents of the hard disk or floppy disk whenever we want. Any content can be accessed on a hard disk (e.g., in your pen drive you can access any of the multiple folders).
A computer needs to access any data stored in ROM at a given time.
A computer needs to access any data stored in ROM at a given time.
RISHI NIGAM said:
3 years ago
Yes, answer is magnetic tape because the magnet tape goes sequentially when it is read, and it read everything. So the right answer is c.
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Pcm said:
4 years ago
Magnetic tape, similar to the tape used in tape recorders, has also been used for auxiliary storage, primarily for archiving data. The tape is cheap, but access time is far slower than that of a magnetic disk because it is sequential-access memory" i.e, data must be sequentially read and written as a tape is unwound, rather than retrieved directly from the desired point on the tape.
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Prabhakar said:
5 years ago
As it was started it runs Sequentually till completion of playback.
But others can be stopped at any point.
But others can be stopped at any point.
Santhosh said:
9 years ago
How other options are accessed?
Ravneet kaur said:
10 years ago
Why magnetic tape not hard disk?
Mayank said:
1 decade ago
The first mass storage medium was magnetic tape. Magnetic tape has two note worthy characteristics:
1. It is cheap, and it is durable.
2. Its main drawback is that it may be read only sequentially.
1. It is cheap, and it is durable.
2. Its main drawback is that it may be read only sequentially.
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Meghana said:
1 decade ago
How can be magnetic tape be sequentially accessed?
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