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Magnetic tape is a?

A. Random access medium

B. A parallel access medium

C. Universal Access medium

D. Serial access medium

Answer: Option D

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Most widely used secondary storage devices are magnetic tapes, magnetic disks and floppy disks. It is not directly accessible by the CPU. Computer usually uses its input / output channels to access secondary storage and transfers the desired data using intermediate are a in primary storage.

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