Secondary Storage

Secondary Storage

1. Magnetic

   • Had more storage
   • External hard drive.
   • Magnetic hard drive
   • High capacity(stores a lot if data)
   • Slower read/write speed in comparison to solid state drive.
   • You would use magnetic storage to store all of your pictures and videos.

2. Non volatile

   • Non-volatile. It is needed in a computer system to store your programs, operating system and files
     • Non-volatile means that the data is ot deleted when the computer system has no power connected to it.

3. Optical

   • CD
   • Blu Ray
   • DVD
   • Not very durable and can scratch and break really easily.
   • Really portable and can be played on lots of devices.

4. Solid state drive

   • Solid state hard drive.
   • USB memory stick.
   • Playstation /Xbox memory card
   • Exellent read/write speed.(It loads and saves data quickly)
   • Not good capacity compared to magnetic storage.

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