Information Style Media Flashcards
Examples of flash memory storage?
Flash cards
Usb
Memory cards
Memory stick
Examples of optical disk storage?
Blu-ray
CD-ROM
DVD
Examples of magnetic media storage?
Hard disk drive
Magnetic tape
Cloud/online storage examples?
Cloud computing
Network media
Advantages and disadvantages of memory stick?
+ portable
+ high transfer speeds
+ large storage
- can easily be lost
- slower than hard drive
- not durable
Advantages and disadvantages of flash cards?
+ small portable devices
+ durable
+ needs little power
- can be lost easily
- expensive
- could muck up a supercomputer
Advantages and disadvantages of DVD?
+ mass storage capacity
+ high data stability
+ Countable storage units
- expensive
- easily broken
- require specific device to read
Advantages and disadvantages of hard drive?
+ large storage capacity
+ instant access to data
+ everything is stored centrally
- errors are probable
- of power is turned off all data lost
- can be broke if dropped
Advantages and disadvantages of magnetic tape?
+ long shelf life
+ various backups
+ easy to store and backup files
- fragile
- data is not encrypted
- high failure rate
Examples of paper media?
Paper
Advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing?
+ can be accessed anywhere
+ large storage ability
+ disaster recovery
- can be hacked as online
- of not internet can’t use
- software (have to use on all devices)
Advantages and disadvantages of paper media?
+ can be accessed easily and portable
+ easy to read
+ editable
- can be lost
- easily broken
- costly
