A metal disk coated with ferromagnetic substance for storing data is

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• Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify?
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• Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
• The time for the actual data transfer after receiving the request for data from secondary storage is referred to as the disk’s…………