Storage Devices

A ______ is the main storage device in your computer.

• CPU
• Hard drive
• Motherboard
• CD-Rom

Not intended to be a portable storage device.

• CD
• Flash memory
• DVD
• Internal hard disk

Large organisations use this type of storage device to  back up their systems daily.

• CD
• DVD
• Blu-ray
• Magnetic tape

Very portable as it is designed to be fitted into small electronic devices.

• Flash memory devices
• Internal hard disk
• Magnetic tape
• Server

Typically has the largest storage capacity and is the cheapest per gb.

• Magnetic storage
• Solid state storage
• Optical storage

Magnetic storage devices have...

• Spinning discs that contain tracks and sectors

• Floating gates to trap electrons

• A read-write head that moves across the magnetic discs

• Has pits and lands that represent 0 or 1

Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?

• Solid State Storage

• Magnetic Storage

• Cloud Storage

• Optical Storage

RAM is a type of primary storage

• True
• False

A hard drive is a type of primary storage.

• False
• True

All secondary storage devices are external to the computer

• False
• True