What is a Storage Device?
A storage device is any computing hardware that is used for storing, porting and extracting data files and objects.
A storage device allow us to enter raw data into a computer.
A storage device is any device used to send data from a computer to another device or user.
There are two different types of storage devices. What are they?
First and Second
Private and Public
Primary and Secondary
What is known as a magnetic storage device?
Hard Drive
Blue-Ray
Memory Card
Storage devices are input and output devices.
What is known as a optical storage device?
Floppy diskette
CD-ROM Disc
SSD
What is a flash memory device?
Network Media
CD-R and CD-RW disc
Memory stick
What is known as a cloud storage?
Cloud storage
Jump drive or flash drive
Punch card
What are internal storage devices?
They are inside the computer case
They are put into the computer manually
They are outside the computer case
What does portability mean?
Whether the data can always be accessed reliably and in the format in which it was saved.
Whether the data needs to be moved from one place to another such as from home to school.
How long the storage media can reasonably be expected to last.
What are external storage devices?
They are connected to the computer with a cable plugged into a suitable interface such as an USB port.
They are wireless from the computer
They are included in the computer.
