A storage device where data is stored on a mirrored plastic disk in a series of pits. The pits are read by a laser in the CD ROM drive. The data can be read but not erased. That portion of a computer which interprets and executes instructions. The minimum file size that the OS can address on the storage media.
File corruption can result in data loss.
A tape drive that uses helical scan magnetic recording tape to store data in a fashion similar to audio tape recording, except the information is in digital form. The rate at which information can be read from or written to a device. A computer that was designed for DeskTop operation. In the Macintosh metaphor the work place. See peripheral Device.