(i). Permanent label.
- It is incorporated on the diskette when it is bought.
- It has on it an arrow indicating the direction of inserting the diskette into its drive, information about the diskette, such as the no. of tracks per inch, the version of the diskette, e.g., Single-sided Single density (1S1D) & the trade name of the diskette.
(ii). Temporary label.
This is the label, which is attached onto the diskette by its user to specify, e.g. the name of the owner, name of programs maintained on the diskette, etc.
(iii). Security tags.
Are used to safeguard the contents of the diskette. When the hole is covered by the shutter (a plastic band), the diskette cannot be written to or its contents altered.
(iv). Spindle hole.
It is the hole used by the disk drive to hold/ clump the diskette over its turntable for the drive motor to spin the diskette past the Read/Write heads so that the reading or writing operations can be performed on the recording surface(s) of the diskette.
(v). Read/Write region (Read/write head slot)
This is where the diskette’s recording surface is exposed. It is used to give the heads of the disk drive access to the disk.
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April 2, 2019 at 08:09