Secondary Storage

Secondary Storage

1. Solid State

   • This memory is faster than magnetic drives.
     • More durable than other memories as there are no moving parts
       • More expensive than magnetic drives however.

2. ROM

   • Read only memory. A long term memory for the BIOS The ROM is non-volatile.Used to control the start up of the computer

3. Optical

4. Magnetic

5. RAM

   • A volatile storage that is used for temporarily storing data from programs which you are running.