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Storage
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- 1Optical diskDVD, CD, Blu-ray, they are all lightweight and portable, cheap and they a good capacity for their jobs. CD has the lowest capacity than DVD then Blu-ray.
- 2Magnetic hard diskmagnetic hard disk stores non-volatile memory consists of a number of platters coated in a magnetic material. They spin at around 7200 rpm. The data is encoded into bits and written onto the surface as a series of changes in the direction of the magnetisation.
- 3Solid state drivesUSB memory sticks and memory cards are compact forms of flash memory used with cameras, smartphones and tablet computers. The internal storage of a computer can use a solid state drive, which is a much larger piece of flash memory. Flash memory is solid. There are no moving parts, unlike the spinning disc inside a magnetic drive. A SSD uses microscopic electronic switches to store data.
- 4Internal storageMost computers have internal storage space. The internal storage drive stores the operating system and software applications. It is normally a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD).
- 5External storageExternal HDDs and SSDs can also be used to store data. USB memory sticks, memory cards, CDs and DVDs are convenient external storage media. They are normally connected to a computer using USB or FireWire connections.
- 6Tape storageBig businesses and science projects, which process thousands of bytes of data every second, often use tape storage to back up their data. It is a very cheap and reliable way to store large amounts of data.
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- FlashCards sobre Storage, criado por toby probert em 17-01-2017.
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