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Secondary

Storage Devices
Information Technology
Objectives
● Define secondary storage devices
● Give examples of secondary storage devices
● Understand the uses of secondary storage devices
What Are Secondary Storage
Devices?
Storage devices are sets of hardware which store programs, data and
information for later use.

Secondary Storage Devices


These are hardware devices which save programs and data
permanently
Functions of Storage Devices
● Retrieve data, instructions and information to and from storage media
● Records data
● Stores data
Secondary
Storage Devices
Hard disks
This is a magnetic disk found in desktop and laptop computers and
serves to store all of your digital content

E.g Documents, photos, music, and movies.


Magnetic Tapes
A system that uses cartridges for digital recording to store
digital information on magnetic storage.

This is sequential access storage device (SASSD) which allows


data archiving, collection and back up of large amounts of data.
Flash drive
A flash drive is a small and portable storage device that holds large
amount of data. They store, transfer, back up and transport data.

A flash drive is small, portable, non-violate, fast and electrically re-


programmable
Memory Card
A small, flat, data storage card used to store digital information
E.g Images and documents

These cards can be found in cameras, phones, computers etc.


Optical disk
This is a direct entry storage device which uses lasers to write, store and
read data by light

E.g Documents, photos, music, and movies.


3 Types of Optical Disks

CD-ROM CD-R CD-RW DVD


Compact Disk - Read Only Allows data to be Digital Versatile Disks
Compact Disk Recordable
Memory. written, erased and They can store more data than CD-
allows data to be written to
You can only use the data on rewritten. ROMs they commonly hold digital
the disc only once.
the disks. You CANNOT video programs. They produce better
delete it or change it pictures, videotapes, audio CDs
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xt=A%20hard%20drive%20or%20hard,is%20supplied%20to%20the
%20device

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-is-the-function-of-a-usb-flas
h-drive

https://brainly.in/question/10208002

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