Storing devices
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Storage
• Storage devices are used to store data.
• Storage refers to permanently storing/saving data and information.
• Storage may be a piece of hardware that a person use to store/save
the results of the input.
• The use of an storage device like a hard drive is to get the processed
results that was saved
• NAME ANY STORAGE DEVICE THAT YOU KNOW.
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Hardware Storage Devices
• Hard disk drive (HDD)
The Hard Disk Drive is a device which
is mounted inside the computer
system box.
It is used to save your program files
and personal files permanently.
The HDD consists of set of 2 to 3
circular spinning magnetic disks
called platters upon which data is
written, it can be written both sides
of the platter using a read/write
head mounted above and below each
platter.
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Optical drives
• Compact disk drives
A device used to as a secondary storage is called the Compact disk
drive.
It uses a laser to burn digital data in the form of Binary Code onto the
surface of a metallic disk covered in dye and a protective coating.
It is called a Compact Disk (CD).
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Digital Versatile Disk Drive
• A DVD is a digital optical disk data
storage format that can store any
kind of digital data and has been
widely used for video programs.
• The device uses a laser with a
shorter wavelength(650nm as
opposed to 780nm for the CD) and
thus the pits and lands can be
written much closer together.
• Data can be written onto a typical
DVD disk and it’s capacity is around
4.7 GB
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Blu-Ray Drive
• A blu-ray drive is an optical drive
used for reading data from and
possibly writing data on a blu-
ray disc.
• Blu-ray disks at present, come in
dual layered disks (50GB
storage), triple layered disk (75
GB storage) and quadruple
layered disks (100 GB storage).
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Flash drive
• A flash drive is a portable device
which allows you to move easily
from one computer to another
(containing its own medium).
• It is small in comparison to an
external HDD and does not require
its own power supply.
• It generates less storage capacity
than an external HDD but that too
is changing.
• Flash drives of 256 GB and greater
are being produced.
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Tape drives
• A tape drive is a data storage
that reads and writes data on a
magnetic tape.
• It stores data especially for
backup and archiving purposes.
• A final secondary storage to be
considered is the tape drive.
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Memory cards and card readers
• Memory card is an electronic • A memory card reader is a
flash memory data storage device used for reading data for
device used for storing digital a memory card such as a
information. Compact Flash, Secure Digital
• They are commonly used in (SD) or Multi Media Card
portable electronic devices such (MMC).
as digital cameras, smart • Most card readers also offer
devices, laptops, games and write capability and together
electronic music devices. with the card can function as a
flash stick.
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Other types of storage devices
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Other storage devices
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Memory cards and Card readers
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Storage Capacity
• Data storage capacity is measured in bits and bytes.
• A bit is a binary digit namely a one(1) or a zero (0).
• This is because the computer system uses a flow of electricity to
transfer data, no matter how big or small it is.
• A flow of electricity represents a one and no flow of electricity
represents a zero.
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The measuring capacity
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Any questions?
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