Primary Storage

The media used by a computer and mobile devices to keep data, information and software for immediate or later use is known as___________

Primary storage consists of ______ and ______ memory chips.

RAM memory is said to be _________ because it is temporary and changeable.

_______ chips hold the data and instructions necessary for starting up the computer when it is switched on.

Instructions that are fixed at the time of manufacture are sometimes described as being ________

A bistable device is one that can be set to only state at any one point.

• True

• False

A ________ is the smallest unit of storage.

A _______ is about 1 billion bytes.

Another name for primary storage is

• secondary storage

• immediate access storage

• magnetic tape

• hard disk

What does the acronym ROM stand for?

• Random Only Memory

• Read Only Memory

• Read Optical Module

• Random Organizing Memory