Question

Differences between optical memory and magnetic memory

Answer 1

Answer:

Magnetic Storage -

a) Stores data in the magnetic form.

b) It is affected by the magnetic field.

c) It has high storage capacity.

e) It doesn't use a laser to read/write data.

f) Magnetic storage devices are; Hard disk, Floppy

disk, Magnetic tape etc.

Optical storage -

a) Stores data optically & used the laser to read/write.

b) It is not affected by the magnetic field.

c) It has less storage than the hard disk.

e) Data accessing is high as compared to floppy.

f) Optical storage devices are; CD-ROM, CD-R,

CD-RW, DVD etc.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The most common type of storage device is magnetic storage device. In magnetic storage devices, data is stored on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage use different patterns of magnetization to in a magnetizable medium to store data.