Subject
Computer Science
Topic
Computer Fundamental
Which application is magnetic tape especially well suited for?
Which application is magnetic tape especially well suited for?
a)
Real-time graphics frame bufferb)
Large backup and archival workloadsc)
CPU register storaged)
Interactive random-access database cacheExplanation
Tape offers high capacity and low cost for backups and archives, though random access is relatively slow.Related questions
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