Chapter 5 Storage Devices

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CSCA0101 computing Basics1CSCA0101COMPUTING BASICSChapter 5Storage DevicesCSCA0101 computing Basics2Storage Data of Device Examples of Storage DeviceCSCA0101 computing Basics3Storage DevicesStorage Devices Astoragedeviceisusedinthecomputerstostor ethedata. computing Basics4Storage DevicesTypesofStorageTherearefourtypeofs torage: Primary Storage Secondary Storage Tertiary Storage Off-line StorageCSCA0101 computing Basics5Storage DevicesPrimaryStorage Alsoknownasmainmemory. Mainmemoryisdirectlyorindirectlyconnecte dtothecentralprocessingunitviaamemorybus . TheCPUcontinuouslyreadsinstructionsstore dthereandexecutesthemasrequired. Example: RAM ROM CacheCSCA0101 computing Basics6Storage DevicesPrimaryStorageRAM ItiscalledRandomAccessMemorybecauseanyof thedatainRAMcanbeaccessedjustasfastasany oftheotherdata.

CSCA0101 Computing Basics 46 Storage Devices Other Example of Storage Devices Cloud Storage • Cloud storage means "the storage of data online in the cloud," wherein a data is stored in and accessible from multiple distributed and connected resources that comprise a cloud. • Cloud storage can provide the benefits of greater

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