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Secondary storage is used to retain programs and data long term. Magnetic, optical, and solid state technologies are used for secondary storage. Hard disks and magnetic tapes are magnetic storage and can store large amounts of data up to 185 TB. Optical storage includes CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray disks and uses lasers to store data on the disk. Flash memory includes USB drives, solid state drives and SD cards which use electrical charges to store data.

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Fill in The Gaps: Secondary Storage

Secondary storage is used to retain programs and data long term. Magnetic, optical, and solid state technologies are used for secondary storage. Hard disks and magnetic tapes are magnetic storage and can store large amounts of data up to 185 TB. Optical storage includes CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray disks and uses lasers to store data on the disk. Flash memory includes USB drives, solid state drives and SD cards which use electrical charges to store data.

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Fill In The Gaps: Secondary Storage

Use the words in the table below to fill-in-the-gaps in the text. Each word may only be used
once.

MEDIA MAGNETIC DEVICE CLOUD

STORAGE PORTABLE SOLID STATE RELIABLE


MEDIA
ELECTRICAL OPTICAL CAPACITY BLU RAY DISKS

Secondary …………….. is used to retain a copy of programs and data that need to be kept long
term.

A storage …………….. is the physical hardware that transfers the data onto the storage
……………….. For example, a DVD writer (storage device) will burn a copy of the data onto a
DVD disk (storage media).

There are three technologies used for secondary storage, magnetic, ………………. and solid
state.

Hard disks and magnetic tape cartridges are examples of ………………. storage. They can
store large amounts of data, up to 185 TB in the case of magnetic tapes. Overall the cost of
storage per gigabyte is the cheapest of the three types of media. They are robust and
……………….. but do need to be kept away from strong magnetic fields which can damage the
data.

Optical storage includes CDs, DVDs and ……………………. A laser beam is used to burn tiny
pits onto the surface of the disk in order to store the data. Optical storage media is readily
available, ………………. and inexpensive if less than 10GB of data needs to be stored.
However, it is not suitable for storing terabytes of data, it is slower to write data to than a hard
disk or flash memory and it can be damaged by scratches.

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Flash memory or …………………… includes USB memory sticks, solid state drives and SD
memory cards. ………………… charges are used to store the data. Flash memory has a large
storage capacity and can easily hold the data stored on a standard personal computer.
Because there are no moving parts, unlike a hard disk, it is reliable, fast to access and silent.
However over the long term flash memory is less durable than magnetic storage because it has
a limited number of erase/ write cycles before it wears out.

With internet connections getting better and storage becoming ever cheaper, more people are
choosing to hire an outside company to store their data. This is called ……………. storage. It
has the advantage for a business that they do not have to purchase expensive hardware or find
room to keep servers of their own, but introduces complications in having to deal with a third
party whenever more room for data is needed, and relies on having a solid network connection.

When deciding on the most suitable storage media to use for a particular situation, there are six
key factors which must be taken into consideration. These are: ………………., speed,
portability, durability, reliability and cost.

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