Define Cylinder, Tracks, Sector.
Q24. Define the following terms:
- Cylinder,
- Tracks,
- Sector.
Ans.
- Cylinder: Hard disk have cylinders. A cylinder is alocation made up of same track on the platters. That means if a platter contains 1200 tracks, there will be 1200 cylinders.
- Tracks: Concentric circles on the magnetized surface of the magnetic disc are known as tracks.
- Sector: The tracks on the disk service are divided into invisible segments called sectors.