Q. Which among the following was not an example for DASD device?

A
DVD
B
Pen Drive
C
Magnetic tape
D
Hard Disk
Solution:

A direct-access storage device (DASD) is a secondary storage device in which “each physical record has a discrete location and a unique address”. IBM coined the term DASD as a shorthand describing disks, magnetic drums, and data cells.

A group of data storage devices that read their data in the sequence are called SASD(Sequential Access Storage Devices)

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