Question: hard disk drive (HDD)

Answer: The main secondary storage device of a PC. Two technologies are currently used by hard drives: magnetic and solid state.

Question: solid state drive (SSD)

Answer: A hard drive that has no moving parts. Also see solid state device (SSD).

Question: solid state device (SSD)

Answer: A drive with no moving parts. Also called a solid state drive.

Question: magnetic hard drive

Answer: A hard drive consisting of one or more metal magnetic disks permanently sealed, with an access mechanism and read/write heads, inside its drive.

Question: read/write head

Answer: The top and bottom of each disk of a magnetic hard drive have a(n) ____ that moves across the disk surface as all the disks rotate on a spindle.

Question: head

Answer: Each side, or surface, of one hard drive platter is called a ____.

Question: hybrid hard drives

Answer: A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.

Question: ReadyDrive

Answer: Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive is called ____.

Question: low-level formatting

Answer: A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.

Question: basic disk

Answer: A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.