Question

A hard disc is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into :

• A. Clusters
• B. Sectors
• C. Vectors
• D. Heads

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Sectors

• Sectors are the smallest physical units of information storage on a hard disk or other magnetic storage device (such as a floppy disk).

• The surface of a hard disk is divided into concentric circles that run outward from the center.

• Each of these circles is called a track.

• These tracks are further divided into smaller arc-shaped sections. Each of these sections is a sector.

• Each sector has a fixed size, usually 512 bytes.

• Modern hard drives can sometimes be 4KB (4096 bytes) or larger.