Flashcards
secondary storage flash cards
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1What does HDD stand for?Hard disk drive.
- 2What does SSD stand for?Solid State Drive.
- 3Give three types of secondary storage.Optical Disk
Flash Memory
Magnetic Disk - 4Give a definition of Flash Memory.Flash memory is a non-volatile, solid state storage device (i.e. keeps its data without power and has no moving parts).
- 5What type of memory is Google Drive?Cloud.
- 6Give a definition of a Magnetic disk.The disk drive is the main storage device in your computer, which stores everything on your computer.
- 7What is a storage device?A storage device is any type of hardware that's used for storing and transferring files. This can be external or internal.
- 8List three storage devices.Flash Memory
CD
SD - 9List three advantages of cloud storage.Harder to loose your work,
Store a lot more,
Unlimited storage. - 10What is an advantage of SSD?Its light.
- 11What does volatile mean?Data is lost when the power is turned off.
- 12What does non-volatile mean?Non-volatile