Backing Storage Media
Backing storage media
-Where you can store the data/information permenantly.
-Hardware which saves the information
-Non-volatile
-Where you can store the data/information permenantly.
-Hardware which saves the information
-Non-volatile
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Magnetic Tape
DVD DVD ROM HD DVD Blu-ray disks Hard disks Memory sticks Flash memory (Card) Flash memory (stick) |
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Description
You can save many sorts of data in it and this was developed in Germany. It is covered with thin plastic layer.
It gets damaged very easily because of the moisture in the air gets trapped in the binder hence becomes unusable It is an optical disk storage media, compact disks come in many different designs. Some can hold a lot of data (4.7 GB) and some can hold very little. It can get scratched easily and lose some of its data. It is very fragile and bend quickly then break. It is also and optical disk storage. They are higher standard compare to the DVDs and have a higher data storing capacity. They are more popular compare to the any other disks and most people buy their movies on these disks. You can only read on this disk. Digital Versitile Disk.
These DVDs are triple layer which means they are higher quality and can store much more data than any other type of a DVD. These are very expensive and are rare to find in local stores. HD DVDs are like Blue ray Disks and normally contain a very excellent quality movie. These DVDs are triple layer which means they are higher quality and can store much more data than any other type of a DVD. These are very expensive and are rare to find in local stores. HD DVDs are like Blue ray Disks and normally contain a very excellent quality movie. Similar to DVD but the information is inserted by blue razor. It can save more information than normal DVDs but since most computers don’t have a blue ray reader, it's not commonly used. They are normally called the “hard drives” are a type of storage which is used for saving lots of information (such as movies) due to it’s capacity up to 5TB. It is non-volatile and is a random access device. (it stores information so that it can be accessed fast) They are a type of secondary storage (it’s not directly attached to the motherboard) which is non-volatile and can be edited. They have different varieties of size such as16GB. 8GB, etc. It is a memory card with flash memory. (Flash memory is a type of Electronically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.)It is compact and non-volatile, therefore, it is used for camera, phone, etc. It is a memory stick with flash memory. (Flash memory is a type of Electronically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.) You connect this into a USB drive and will appear as a drive. It is non-volatile and can be edited. |