Secondary Storage Flashcards
What are the two main types of storage?
Primary storage & Secondary Storage
What are examples of Primary Storage?
CPU Registers, Cache, ROM & RAM
What are examples of Secondary Storage?
Magnetic hard disk drives, solid state drives, CD’s and SD cards
What are hard disk drives?
High Capacity, Reliable storage
What are the advantages of HDD’s?
Cheaper, higher capacity
What are the advantages of SSD’s?
Faster, don’t need fragmenting, shock proof, silent
What are Solid State Drives?
Fast and Reliable secondary storage
What are some examples of flash storage?
USB sticks, memory cards
What are optical discs?
Cheap and Robust secondary storage
What are some examples of optical discs?
CD’s, DVD’s and Blu-Ray
What are the advantages of using Optical discs?
Very cheap, portable, won’t be damaged by water or shock
What are magnetic tapes generally used for?
Archiving
