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In Computers, “Slack Space” Is A By-Product Of What?

Underusing Optical Media
Hard Drive Degredation
Cluster Sizing
Poor Memory Allocation
An open hard drive showing the physical platters and actuator arm.
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Answer: Cluster Sizing

In order to decrease the overhead of data management, many file systems use a cluster-based approach wherein data is grouped together in chunks anywhere from 512 bytes to 64 kilobytes or more.

In file systems where the average file size is very small (say a computer system storing hundreds of thousands of 4 kilobyte files) and the cluster size has been set very large (say 64 kilobytes), a large amount of space will be wasted as the smallest amount of space that can be allocated (64 kilobytes) is radically larger than the size of the majority of files on the system (4 kilobytes). The space wasted in each cluster by the difference between the file size and cluster size is known as slack space.

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To Halt An Editing War, Wikipedia Had To Ban All IP Addresses Belonging To?

The U.S. Congress The NSA
The RIAA George Clooney's Publicist

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Listerine Mouthwash Is Named After?

A Surgeon A Bacterial Strain
A French General A British Town

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What Did The Inventor Of The Pet Rock Later Try To Sell Americans Bit By Bit?

Mt. Rushmore The Taj Mahal
China The Moon

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Lusters Matchmakers
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Daleks Necromongers
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Which Of These Used To Be An Official Olympic Sport?

Jump Rope Dog Sled Racing
Tug Of War Motocross Racing

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Agnosia Is A Disorder That Affects Your Ability To Process?

Sensory Input Old Memories
Math Problems Predictive Thought

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When You Experience A Hypnic Jerk You’ve?

Held In A Sneeze Hit Your "Funny" Bone
Got The Hiccups Been Startled Awake

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Colorado New Jersey
California Florida