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Covers persistence in computer science, focusing on magnetic disks and their performance characteristics, including seek time, rotational latency, and disk scheduling algorithms.
Introduces the fundamentals of database management systems, covering relational model, storage options, data integrity, queries, and data manipulation languages.
Delves into the challenges and processes of document digitisation, including the Google Books project, copyright issues, and the optimization of source selection.
Explores the interaction between operating systems and devices, covering device drivers, IO basics, hardware structure, buses, disk performance, and RAID levels.