define a diskette and its various components?
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floppy disk\nA reusable magnetic storage medium introduced by IBM in 1971. It was called a floppy because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets. Woefully undersized for today's use, it is no longer standard equipment on computers. However, until the early 1990s, the floppy was the primary method for distributing software and was widely used for backup. By the mid-1990s, it had mostly given way to the CD-ROM.\n\nA Circle of Double-Sided Magnetic Tape\nAlso called a "diskette," the floppy is a flexible circle of magnetic material similar to magnetic tape, except that both sides are used. The drive grabs the floppy's center and spins it inside its housing. The read/write head contacts the surface through an opening in the plastic shell or envelope. Floppies rotate at 300 RPM, which is from 10 to 30 times slower than a hard disk. They are also at rest until a data transfer is requested. Following are the three types developed, from newest to oldest, and their raw, uncompressed storage capacity.\n\n\n                 Final                 Storage Housing         Capacity   Capacity Range  Creator 3.5" rigid      1.44MB     400KB - 1.44MB  Sony 3.5" rigid      2.88MB     (See ED.)       IBM 5.25" flexible  1.2MB      100KB - 1.2MB   Shugart 8" flexible     500KB      100 - 500KB     IBMAlthough floppy disks look the same, what is recorded on them determines their capacity and compatibility. Every new floppy must be "formatted," which records the sectors on the disk that hold the data. See format program, magnetic disk and high-capacity floppy.
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Partition - This is how you organise your harddisk space. Say you have a 100GB harddisk. You can use all of it as C: drive or you can "partition" 50GB for C: drive and 50GB for D: drive. Some people put different Operating Systems in different partitions, while others put Programs in one partition and Data in another partition. There are innovative ways to partition your harddisk to get the optimal performance for your particular needs.\n\nFAT - File Allocation Table. This is the place where the locations of your files are registered so that it can be saved, retrieved, deleted, moved, etc.\n\nFormat - This is a process of organising your harddisk drive's space so that the operating system and applications can use it.\n\nIDE - This is harddisk hardware interface to the PC system's board. It is normally connected via a ribbon cable.
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Do you mean a floppy disc?
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(m)\n\nThe fundamental components of a general-purpose computer are arithmetic and logic unit, control circuitry, storage space, and input/output devices. If storage was removed, the device we had would be a simple calculator instead of a computer. The ability to store instructions that form a computer program, and the information that the instructions manipulate is what makes stored program architecture computers versatile.\n\nDigital computer represents all information using the binary numeral system. Text, numbers, pictures, audio, and nearly any other form of information can be converted into a string of bits, or binary digits, each of which has a value of 1 or 0. A piece of information can be manipulated by any computer whose storage space is large enough to accommodate the corresponding data, or the binary representation of the piece of information. For example, a computer with a storage space of eight million bits, or one megabyte, could be used to edit a small novel.\n\n \nVarious forms of storage, divided according to their distance from the central processing unit.Various forms of storage, based on various natural phenomenon, have been invented. So far, no practical universal storage medium exists, and all forms of storage have some drawbacks. Therefore a computer system usually contains several kinds of storage, each with an individual purpose
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I can format/reformat a computer, install/re-install operating systems & softwares.  Regarding hardware installations, i can remove basic stuffs like cd/dvd rom drives, memory & hard disks.  i am willing to learn if you train me ;)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_Torrent\n\nAlso check this to know about Terminology\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_Torrent#Terminology
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Plotters \nScanners\nDiskettes\nSpeakers\nPrinting paper\nCds
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os(operating systems)\nantivirus\ncompresion tools\ncd/dvd tools\noffice tools\nprogramming\nauthoring tools\nfile managers\ninternet\nnetwork tools\nmobile phone tools\nmultimedia\ntweak\nsystem\nsecurity\nscience/cad
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A general-purpose machine that processes data according to a set of instructions that are stored internally either temporarily or permanently. The computer and all equipment attached to it are called hardware. The instructions that tell it what to do are called "software." A set of instructions that perform a particular task is called a "program" or "software program."
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CD: Compact Disc, which us like a cassette but can hold alot more song and you can use it on your computer as well as car, dvd player and cd player.\n\nVCD: Video Compact Disc and basically it's a CD that contains moving pictures and sound, so songs plus videos.\n\nDVD: Digital Versatile Disk. (Formerly Digital Video Disk.) Same size as a CD but stores seven times CD capacity on a single side. DVDs can also be double-sided or dual layer. Today most DVDs are used to display full-length commercial motion pictures, plus additional material such as outtakes, director's notes, movie trailers, etc.\n\nI don't know what ACD is but i'm guessing another format like CD or DVD, hope that helped!\n~Ruj x
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as you want an elaborate answer you can refer the following link:\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_numbering_formats\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_data_type
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list...\nhttp://www.dirfile.com/freeware/dictionary.htm\n...
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It is recorded from the center of the disc out. A laser etches data into a thin layer located on the top of the cd. This layer is usually coverd by paint or plastic. check out the link to learn cool stuff
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The front cover of a desktop or tower computer case. The term also refers to the individual drive bay covers, which are removed to install CD-ROMs and other removable drives that require access from the front of the case. A removable drive may have its own custom bezel, otherwise it is mounted flush with the front of the case.
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lol are you SERIOUS?  A floppy disk.  OLD technology. Its a squarish disk about 3 1/2 inches long on each side.
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DVD's http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvd.htm\nCD's http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm
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A hard drive (or hard disc) is the primary storage device on a modern computer. The word 'hard' refers to the fact that the disc is physically ridget, and also that it is hidden inside the computer and cannot be casually touhed or taken out (like a floppy disc can be) Hard discs are almost always the largest storage mediums available on a particular computer system and are the discs where the operating system and most other programs are installed.