Primary storage Flashcards
1
Q
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY STORAGE ATTACHED TO?
A
the motherboard
2
Q
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY STORAGE ALSO REFFERED AS?
A
main memory
3
Q
DOES PRIMARY STORAGE HAVE MORE OR LESS STORAGE THAN THE SECONDARY STORAGE
A
less memory/storage
4
Q
WHY IS THE SECONDARY STORAGE SLOWER THAN THE PRIMARY STORAGE
A
because it’s not directly embedded to the motherboard, making it take longer to fetch/ store and instructions
5
Q
WHAT IS SECONDARY STORAGE ALSO SOMETIMES REFFERED AS?
A
backing storage
6
Q
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF STORAGE
A
volatile and non-volatile
7
Q
WHAT TYPE OF MEMEORY STORES DATA EVEN IF THE DEVICE IS POWERED OFF?
A
non-volatile
8
Q
WHAT’S AND EXAMPLE OF VOLATILE STORAGE?
A
random access memory (RAM) because the data stored within it is lost when the power is switched off
