Storage Devices

Storage device
• Storage device is any apparatus for recording
computer data in a permanent or semi-
permanent form.
Types of Storage Device
• 1. Floppy diskette
• 2. Compact disc (CD)
• 3. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
• 4. Jump disk and USB flash disk
• 5. Hard disk
• 6. LS-120
• 7. Zip disk
 Types of Storage Device
• 1. Floppy Diskette
• is a random access, removable data
storage medium that can be used
with personal computers.
• The term usually refers to the
magnetic medium housed in a rigid
plastic cartridge measuring 3.5
inches square and about
2millimeters thick.
• Also called a "3.5-inch diskette," it
can store up to 1.44 megabytes
(MB) of data.
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• 2. Compact disc (CD) –
• also called optical disc is a
nonmagnetic, polished metal
disk used to store digital
information.
• The disc is read by the CD-
ROM.
• an optical disc technology with
a 700MB storage capacity on a
single-sided.
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• 3. Digital Versatile Disc
(DVD)-
• an optical disc technology with
a 4.7 gigabyte storage capacity
on a single-sided, one-layered
disk, which is enough for a
120-minute movie.
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• 4. USB flash disk
• is a plug-and-play portable
storage device that uses flash
memory and is lightweight
enough to attach to a key
chain.
• A USB drive can be used in
place of a floppy disk, Zip drive
disk, or CD.
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• 5. Hard disk
• is the main, and usually largest,
data storage device in a
computer.
• The operating system, software
titles and most other files are
stored in the hard disk drive.
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• 6. LS-120
• is a drive which supports a
special floppy diskette which
can store up to 120MB of
information as well as being
backwards compatible and still
supporting the standard
1.44MB floppy diskettes.
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• 7. Zip disk
• is a small, portable disk drive
used primarily for backing up
and archiving personal
computer files.