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Cards in this deck (13)
- 1What types of storage are solid stateUSB, SD, SSD
- 2Which type of drives are magneticHard drive & tape
- 3What types of optical storage are thereCD, DVD, Bluray
- 4Which type of magnetic storage is slowestTape
- 5Why is magnetic storage slower than other forms?It has moving parts
- 6How is optical storage read and written?Lasers
- 7Which form of optical storage is smallest?CD
- 8Why is optical storage not reliable?It can be easily scratched or broken
- 9Why are solid state drives not widely used?They are very expensive
- 10Why are solid state drives more reliable?They have no moving parts.
- 11Which magnetic storage is not portable?Internal hard drive
- 12Why are floppy drives not used anymore?They are low capacity and reliablity
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on Computer storage flashcards, created by Joe Hughes on 17/01/2017.
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- Joe Hughes · Jan 2017
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