idlebyte
idlebyte t1_je1xm20 wrote
Reply to ELI5: If digital data is stored in 0s & 1s, how does the reader know how many of the digits to take into consideration? by distinct_oversight
Short Answer: There is an index.
Long Answer: The index is in a fixed location on the disk so the drive knows where to look for it every time. Then for variable width files (images, video, music, text docs) the index gives starting/stopping locations around the disk as files are rarely contiguous these days, especially since SSDs came out. The disk then knows how to translate the start/stops/inbetweens to exact (positions on platters, locations on chip) where the 0/1's are stored to then stream the file as requested.
idlebyte t1_j60p3qn wrote
Reply to comment by custard_doughnuts in Erdogan's governing ally: "I remind Swedish government that Allah is one and his army is Turkish" by michele-x
They found god, same difference.
idlebyte t1_j5w443q wrote
Reply to comment by AgentTin in An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute by esprit-de-lescalier
With more feeling!
idlebyte t1_iybyg2p wrote
Reply to comment by Icydawgfish in Thai monks fail drug tests leaving temple empty by vetrivel033
Meth Math, notebooks full of it...
idlebyte t1_je8jtcj wrote
Reply to TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
It's one of the diseases that can be weaponized.