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Boss, Richard W. – Videodisc/Videotext, 1983
Describes the optical digital disk, which stores machine-readable information in digitized form, and discusses their production, cost, present and future applications. The major companies currently active in the disk field are noted. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Costs, Design, Diagrams
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Zaki, M.; Elboraey, F. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Investigates applicability of inverted file processing in magnetic bubble memories by presenting four magnetic bubble memory models as storage mediums: one based on a major-minor loop configuration; one utilizing a decoder design on a magnetic bubble memory chip; and two based on different structural configurations of the first two. (MBR)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing
Trautman, Rodes – Online, 1983
Reviews computer storage devices designed to provide additional memory for microcomputers--chips, floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks--and describes how secondary storage is used (file transfer, formatting, ingredients of incompatibility); disk/controller/software triplet; magnetic tape backup; storage volatility; disk emulator; and…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Diagrams, Information Storage