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Quote: sequential disk access is 500 times faster than random access; think of disk as a sequential device

QuoteRef: grayJ6_2003 , p. 10



Topic:
computer architecture
Topic:
file input/output

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[For disk storage] we have to convert from random disk … read a few kilobytes in each access, you're … you go to sequential access to larger chunks … in a day. So programmers have to start …   Google-1   Google-2

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