Chapter 8
Digital Storage
Objectives Overview
Differentiate among
Describe the
various types of
benefits of solid-
memory cards and
state drives
USB flash drives
Describe characteristics
Discuss the benefits
of and differentiate
and uses of cloud
among types of optical
storage
discs
Identify uses of
magnetic stripe cards,
Explain types of
smart cards, RFID tags,
enterprise storage
and microfilm and
microfiche
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Storage
(Secondary storage)
A storage medium is the physical material
on which a computer keeps data,
information, programs, and applications
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Example: RFID tag
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Storage
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Hard Disks
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Hard Disks
Dividing disk
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Hard Disks
Read/write Revolutions
Form factor
head per minute
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Hard Disks
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Hard Disks
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Hard Disks
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Flash Memory Storage
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Flash Memory Storage
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Flash Memory Storage
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Cloud Storage
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Optical Discs
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Optical Discs
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Optical Discs
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Optical Discs
A CD-RW is an
erasable
multisession disc
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Optical Discs
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Enterprise Storage
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Enterprise Storage
• Tape is a magnetically
coated ribbon of plastic
capable of storing large
amounts of data and
information
• A tape drive reads and
writes data and
information on a tape
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Other Types of Storage
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Other Types of Storage
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Summary
Characteristics of
Storage capacity
Variety of storage hard disks, RAID,
and storage access
options and external hard
times
drives
Enterprise storage
options
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