Storage

Question 1

What does volatile memory mean

Answer 1

Volatile memory/storage is when the power to the component is switched off, it loses all data
For example the RAM - it only holds running programs

Question 2

what is ROM memory

Answer 2

its Read Only Memory , it contains the operating system and it contains the bios too and it opens the OS from storage into ram

Question 3

Types of secondary storage

Answer 3

Magnetic - HDD
Optical - DVD
Solid state - SSD
Cloud
Usb

Question 4

Advantages and disadvantages of Magnetic storage

Answer 4

HDD are not very durable , noisy heavy large and can break easily and u can lose the data
Reliable with large capacity

Question 5

Advantages and disadvantages of Optical storage

Answer 5

Advantages- portable and cheap
Disadvantages - low capacity not durable slow

Question 6

Advantages and disadvantages of Solid state

Answer 6

Advantages - quick read and write speeds, durable no moving parts
Disadvantages - expensive

Question 7

How does a magnetic hard disk work

Answer 7

Disk spinning at rates of around 5400 and 15000 RPM
data stored magnetically as binary on small areas called sectors - Data track split into sectors
Read and Write arm with a head that can move