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Secondary Storage
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Mind map of secondary storage
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secondary storage
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Secondary Storage
non-volatile
When the computer is turned off the data will be saved
optical
Advantages
good for archiving
transportable
durable
Disadvantages
requires special drives to read and write
doesn't store a lot of data compared to the others
Examples
CD
DVD
magnetic
Advantages
quick to access data
some are cheap e.g. floppy disk
store a large amount of data
Disadvantages
data can be altered by magnetic fields
Solid sate drive(SSD)
Advantages
No moving parts
transfer speeds are faster
runs at the same speed no matter how much data is being accessed
long life span
Disadvantages
expensive
slow random write speeds
Examples
memory stick
memory card
phone
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