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Storage

 As is any storage that is made available to the system through


input/output channels.
 This term refers to any addressable storage that is not within the
system memory (RAM).
 These storage devices hold data and programs for future use and are
considered non-volatile storage that retains information even when
power is not available.
 They trade slower read/write rates for increased storage capacity.
 Auxiliary storage is hard disk drives and optical storage media like
CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray.

 Other auxiliary storage belongs to the peripheral devices category as


well, such as flash drives and any type of memory card.
 Storage Devices are the data storage devices that are used in
the computers to store the data.

 The computer has many types of data storage devices.

 Some of them can be classified as the removable data Storage


Devices and the others as the non removable data Storage
Devices.
 Primary storage devices
 Secondary storage
 Alternatively referred to as internal memory, main memory, and primary
memory,
 primary storage is a storage location that holds memory for short periods
of times while the computer running.
 For example, computer RAM and cache are both examples of a primary
storage device.
 This storage is the fastest memory in your computer and is used to store
data while it’s being used.
 For example, when you open a program data is moved from
the secondary storage into the primary storage.
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