Practice - Addressing Format
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Practice Questions
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What does a track on a disk represent?
💡 Hint: Think about how the data is organized on the disk.
Explain what a sector is.
💡 Hint: Consider how tracks are divided.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What are the three components of a disk's addressing format?
💡 Hint: TSS—Think about how to navigate to a file!
True or False: A fixed head system cannot access different tracks.
💡 Hint: Consider how fixed heads operate.
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Challenge Problems
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If you have a disk with 10 tracks, 8 sectors per track, and a surface count of 2, calculate the total number of sectors on the disk.
💡 Hint: Multiply the total components together.
Analyze the impact of increasing the number of sectors on a disk's performance. Discuss both advantages and trade-offs.
💡 Hint: Consider how access times might change as you add more sectors.
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