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Secondary Storage Flashcards

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What are the two main tiers of storage and which are volatile

A

Primary Storage - volatile

Secondary Storage - non-volatile

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What are the two main types of secondary storage?

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Magnetic Hard Disks

Solid-state Drives

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Which is faster SSD or HDD

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SSD

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List 4 types of flash storage

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USB Drive
Memory Cards (SD)
SSD
HDD

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Advantages of HDD and SDD

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HDD:
They are cheaper
HDD are higher capacity
HDD has a longer read/write life

SSD:
They are faster
Don't need fragmenting
are more shockproof
SSD's are silent
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