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1.2

1. Secondary storage - hardware which stores data other than RAM and ROM

2. Virtual memory - is simply an area of secondary storage used like RAM.

   • It's temporary storage
   • It is located on the hard disk

3. Internal - Inside

4. External - Outside

5. Portable - can take it with you

6. Volatile - Gets emptied when power is turned off

7. Non Volatile -Doesn't loose the data when the device is turned off

8. BIOS - Basic input/output systems contains programs to load the hardware

9. CPU - Central processing unit

10. Disk thrashing - when a computer's virtual memory subsystem is in a constant state of paging

11. Disk - thrashing/swapping

12. Hard disk - Magnetic storage device (non volatile, holds all of your files and programs)