Computer Science 010
Introduction to Computer Applications

Fall 2010, Siena College

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Agenda

• Announcements
  • Looking ahead: Exam 2 in 2 weeks (11/15). Same procedure as Exam 1.
  • Handout about CS/IS/MUMD minors.
• Lecture assignment recap
  • There are links to your web pages from the course home page.
• Storage Devices
  • Magnetic hard disks
  • Optical disks
  • Flash memory
• File Systems
  • File system requirements

Lecture Assignment 15

Due at the start of class, Wednesday, November 3.

Please submit answers to these questions in Blackboard by the start of class. We will discuss these questions at the start of class, so no late submissions are accepted.

1. If we have a hard disk that has been divided into blocks of size 8 KB each and we wish to store a file of size 1 MB, how many disk blocks will be required to store the file?