1. CCE-EDUSAT SESSION FOR COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS Date : 31.08.2007 Session : Chapter 8 Topic : Memory Units Faculty : Annapurna P Patil Department of CSE M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore E mail: [email_address] [email_address]
9. Small Units Of Measurement (Processor And Memory Speed) Millisecond ( ms ) – a thousandth of a second (1/1,000 = 10 -3 ) Microsecond ( μs ) - a millionth of a second (1/1,000,000 = 10 -6 ) Nanosecond ( ns ) – a billionth of a second (1/1,000,000,000 = 10 -9 )
28. Floppy Disks A floppy disk is a portable, inexpensive storage medium that consists of a thin, circular, flexible plastic disk with a magnetic coating enclosed in a square-shaped plastic shell.
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40. CCE-EDUSAT SESSION FOR COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS Date : 31.08.2007 Session : Chapter 8 Topic : Memory Units Faculty : Annapurna P Patil Department of CSE M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore E mail: [email_address] [email_address]