The set of all the tracks in the same relative position on the platter is referred to as a _________.
A)floppy disk
B)single-sided disk
C)sector
D)cylinder

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The set of tracks in the same relative position on the platter is called a cylinder. This is because the head moves in a straight line from one track to the next within a cylinder, rather than jumping around to the same numbered tracks on different platters (as in a multi-disk system). Floppy disks are a type of removable storage, single-sided refers to a type of disk with data on only one side, and sector is a portion of a track that stores a fixed amount of data.

The Set of All the Tracks in the Same Relative