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Storage and software
Cards in this deck (15)
- 1Secondary storageSecondary storage is storage that is non-volitle and isn't lost when power is switched off
- 2What are the 3 types of Secondary storage?Magnetic
Optical
Solid state/flash - 3What are the 3 types of magnetic storageHard Drive
Floppy disk
Magnetic tape - 4What are the 3 types of opticalDVD
CD
Blu-Ray - 5What are the 3 types of Solid-StateSD card
Solid state drive
USB - 6Whats makes magnetic storage better than the rest?It has lots of capacity apart from a floppy disk because its out dated and rarely used
- 7Whats makes Optical storage better than the rest?Its has a bit of capacity and is quite portable
- 8Whats makes Solid state storage better than the rest?Its very portable apart from the Solid state drive
- 9Whats the worse feature of magneticIts not very portable
- 10Whats the worse feature of OpticalIts not very robust and can easily scratch
- 11Whats the worse feature of Solid stateIt can easily be lost
- 12What is off the shelf software?Software where you can just walk to the shops and buy it from the store
e.g.Windows - 13What is Custom writenWhen you hire a professional to program the operating system for you
- 14ProprietaryWhere the code is hidden from the user so you can not edit it
- 15Open sourceA software you can download off the internet
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- Flashcards on Storage and software, created by Zach Terry on 17/01/2017.
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