The process of dividing a disk into sectors that the disk controller can read and write, before a disk can store data is known as

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•              controller sends the command placed into it, via messages to the             controller.
• If a process needs I/O to or from a disk, and if the drive or controller is busy then
• In the              algorithm, the disk arm starts at one end of the disk and moves toward the other end, servicing requests till the other end of the disk. At the other end, the direction is reversed and servicing continues.
• Magnetic tape drives can write data at a speed                  disk drives.
• The header and trailer of a sector contain information used by the disk controller such as                    and                    
• A set of hard disk drives with a controller mounted in a single box, forming a single large storage unit is                          
• The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as                          
• In the                algorithm, the disk head moves from one end to the other, servicing requests along the way. When the head reaches the other end, it immediately returns to the beginning of the disk without servicing any requests on the return trip.
• When device A has a cable that plugs into device B, and device B has a cable that plugs into device C and device C plugs into a port on the computer, this arrangement is called a
• If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a