storage devices

storage devices

1. magnetic

   • examples
     • PC's,Desktops computers, laptops and gaming consols
   • Advantages
     • Higher capacity than optical
     • Cheap units of storage.
   • not easy to carry

2. optical

   • examples
     • DvD
     • CD's
     • Blu-rays
   • Advantages
     • portable
   • Disadvantages
     • easy to scratch/damage
     • less capacity than magnetic

3. solid state

   • examples
     • Phones,tablets
   • Disadvantages
     • more money for data
     • hard to recover lost data
   • advantages
     • More duribilaty
     • 92% faster than magnetic

4. portable devices

   • Portable devices are devices which you can carry around in your pocket or bag E.G a USB stick

5. purpose

   • The purpose of storge data is so we can save all our work