Storage devices

Different from RAM More room in storage than in memory Storage devices do not need constant power supply Data in memory disappear when computer is turned off Storage devices operate much slower than memory chips Storage devices are cheaper than memory

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Storage Types
Magnetic Storage Floppy and Hard Drive use magnet to access data Optical Storage CD and DVD drives use laser beam to access data

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Disk drives, Hard Disk Drives high capacity floppy disk drives and tape drives and magnetic tape are coated with a magnetically sensitive material This special coating enables them to store data

Floppy Disk Hard Disk

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Optical storage devices use lasers to read data from and write data to the reflective surface of an optical disk CD-ROM drive is the most common type of optical storage Compact disk Read Only Memory (CD_ROM), CD_Recordable (CD_R), CD_ReWrtable (CD_RW) all uses same technology to store,read and write data Digital Video Disc (DVD) is popular storage device now a days

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