2007-02-17 03:34:15 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No. All you do is change the magnetic properties of sections of the hard disk. Changeing the magnetic properties of something does not alter its mass.
2007-02-17 03:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If computers would gain weight when data is added to the hard drive then my desk would have broken under the weight of my computer by now :-)
Seriously though a computer is a machine that already contains all the information we put on it. The only thing a computer does is calculate in binary which is a code written in 1's and 0's. When you add something to the hard drive the computer just changes the configuration of 1's and 0's so that it knows what is supposed to be there. Whether it is the Internet or a word document all the computer does is calculate the 1's and 0's... Put this way your brain also doesn't gain weight when you learn something new (only when you are growing but not because you are learning more, otherwise geniuses would walk with their heads hanging to the side). All the links that combine information are already there.These thoughts are like binary, they are electric impulses that delivered at different frequencies mean different things: Thus weight stays the same because a different thought is a different way of sending the impulse but not a new impulse...
2007-02-17 03:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by erianoillib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. Hard-disk gain weight theoretically. But it s so less that our weight machine can not respond. If u some up all the data in the big server of the world, it may weight up to 50 gm. There is a famous journal publication on it.
2015-09-08 23:34:42 · answer #3 · answered by abdullah b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The data that is saved on the hard drive is in the form of magnetic poles. A negative for one and a positive for zero.
2007-02-17 03:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by Michael S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL. They don't because its not real weight that is added to the computer chips, like cyberspace doesnt weigh anything, if you shine a flashlight on a scale it doesnt weigh anything. The electricity fills the chips memory, i think.
2007-02-17 03:38:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not be mean or rude, but wow what a remedial question i mean its an non living object it can not gain or lose wait un less u break something on it or add more pieces to it...thats 5th grade science and common sense
2007-02-17 03:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by ornini011392 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. No, but they gain weight from the dust that collects.
2007-02-17 03:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They don't gain weight but they lose space.
2007-02-17 03:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by J.M.C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but they sure act like it; they get slower and sometime they seem unhealthy.
2007-02-17 03:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by jomar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must be from Oklahoma and the answer would be no!
2007-02-17 03:36:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋