Mounting-Things to Know

In computing, mounting means to carry out or uphold any sort of storage device or network devices for their accessibility. In order to do so, the user must make the devices accessible to the operating system of the host computer. It’s because, the user can only access mounted data in a mounted medium.

Mount point is another term used to describe the physical destination in the division that is utilized as a core file system. Different file system provides the host computer with some sort of meta data for enabling it to write and read data. So, when a media is mounted, the meta data is recognized by the operating system, and thus it can use the storage space.

Memory Sticks and their different types

Computer Memory sticks are a type of flash memory card format which was introduced by Sony Corporation as a standard for all the Sony devices. The different types are memory stick pro which has greater storage capabilities and read or write speeds. Memory stick duo is another type which is a smaller variant of original memory stick. Smaller than duo is the memory stick micro.

Sony added the Memory Stick PRO-HG, a high speed variant of the PRO to be used in high-definition video and still cameras in December 2006. Sony generally includes Memory Stick reader hardware in many of its electronic products such as digital cameras, digital music players, PDAs, cellular phones, the VAIO line of laptop computers, and the PlayStation Portable.

Memory sticks with mark 2 certification have capabilities of high speed and memory and can be used in camcorders for HD recording and other purposes.