Secondary Storage Flashcards
1
Q
What is meant by secondary storage…
A
Storage that is not physically ‘built in’ to the component e.g an SD card in a Camera
2
Q
What are common types of secondary storage…
A
- Solid State
- Magnetic
- Optical
3
Q
What is an advantage of using Solid Sate storage…
A
- It can be 100x faster than HDD
- Quicker boot times
4
Q
What is an advantage of using Optical…
A
It is very portable
5
Q
What is an disadvantage of using Optical storage…
A
- Can only hold up to 60GB
- Can be scratched and damaged easily making the data unreadable
6
Q
What is an advantage to Magnetic or HDD…
A
- Cheaper than SSD per gigabit
