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(OMPUTER STORA6E (ATE60RIES
• The purpose 01 storage devites is to hold data
- even when the tomputer is turned 011 - so
data tan be used whenever it is needed.
• Storage involves 2 Protesses:
1. WRITING DATA - or reCOrding data on the
surface of a disk or tape •• where it is stored
for later use.
2. READING DATA - or retrieving the data
from the surface of a disk or tape •• and then
transferring it into the computer's memory.
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 (OMPIJTER STORAGE TERMS
• STORAGE MEDIll - The Physical materials
on which the data is stored
• STORAGE DEVItES - The Hardware
components that write data to, and read it
from storage media.
• DISK DRIVE - The device that holds the disk

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',- 2 MAIN (ATEGORIES OF STORAGE
DEVI(ES
1. MAGNETI[
STORAGE
2. OPTI[A1
STORAGE

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 MAGNETI( STORAGE
• Magnetic storage and magnetic recording are terms
from engineering referring to the storage of data on a
magnetized medium.
• Magnetic storage uses different patterns of
magnetization in a magnetizable material to store data
and is a form of non-volatile memory. The information
is accessed using one or more read/write heads. As of
2009, magnetic storage media, primarily hard disks,
are widely used to store computer data as well as
audio and video signals.
• In the field of computing, the term magnelic slorage is
preferred and in the field of audio and video
production, the term magnelic recording is more
commonl used. Page 7
 EXAMPLES OF
MAGNETI[ STORAGE
MEDIA
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 HARD DRIVE
• Ahard disk drive (bard
disk, bard drirC,HDD) is X~IU.IUI Arm
a non-volatile storage
devite for digital data.
• It features one or more
rotating rigid Platters on
a motor-driven spindle
within a metal tase.
• Data is entoded
magnetitally by Jumper Block
read/write heads that
lIoat on a t:Ushion of air IDE Connector
above the platters. Page 9
 FLOPPY DRIVE
• Afloppy disk is a data
storaee medium that is
c:omposed 01 a disk 01 thin,
flexible ("floPPY")
maenetic: storaee medium
enc:ased in a square or
rec:taneular plastic: shell.
orieinally announc:ed as
the "Type 1Diskette" by
mM in 1973, the industry
then adopted the terms
"floppy disk" or "lIoppy."
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 DATA TAPE BA(K-(JP
• Atape drive is a
data storage device that
and writes data on a
magnetic tape. It is typically
used for oil-line, archival
data storage.
Tape media generally has a
favorable unit cost and long
archival stability.
Atape drive provides
sequential access storage,
unlike a disk drive, which
provides random access Page 11
 MINI BV TAPE
• DV is a format for
retording and
playing bat)(
digital video.
• It was launthed in
1995 with joint
efforts of leading
produters of video
tamera retorders.

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 MAGNETI[ STRIPE [ARO
• Amagnetic: stripe c:ard is a
type 01 c:ard c:apable 01
storing data by modifying
the magnetism 01 tiny iron-
based magnetic: partic:les
on a band 01 magnetic:
material on the c:ard.
• The magnetic: stripe,
sometimes c:alled a
magstripe, is read by
physic:al c:ontac:t and
swiping past a reading
head. Page 13
 OPTI(AL STORAGE
• Optical storage is a term from engineering referring to
the storage of data on an optically readable medium.
• Data is recorded by making marks in a pattern that can
be read back with the aid of light.
• A common modern technique used by computers
involves a tiny beam of laser light precisely focused on
a spinning disc.
• Optical storage differs from other data storage
techniques that make use of other technologies such as
magnetism or semiconductors.
• The term optical drive usually refers to a device in a
computer that can read [D-ROMs or other optical discs.
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-
EXAMPLES OF
OPTI[Al STORAGE
MEDIA
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 FLASH MEMORY [ARB
• is an electronic
flash memory
data storage device used
lor storing digital contents.
They are commonly used in
many electronic devices,
including digital cameras,
mobile phones,
laptop computers,
MP3 players, and
video game consoles. They
are small, re-recordable,
and they can retain data Page 16
 IJSB FLASH DRIVE
• AIlSB flash drive c:onsists
of a flash memory
data storage devic:e
integrated with a IlSB
(Ilniversal Serial Bus) 1.1
or 2.0 interfac:e.
• IlSB flash drives are
typic:ally removable and
rewritable, and
Physic:ally muc:h smaller
than a floppy disk
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 DVD-ROM
• DVD, also known as Di~ital
~j Video Disc: or Di~ital Versatile
Disc:, is an optic:al disc:
stora~e media lormat, and
was invented and developed
by Philips, sony, Toshiba,
and Time Warner in 1995.
Its main uses are video and
data stora~e. DVDs are 01 the
same dimensions as c:ompac:t
disc:s ((Os), but are c:apable
01 storin~ more than six
times as muc:h data. Page 18
 (O-ROM
• [D-ROM "c:ompac:t disc:
read-only memory") is a
pre-pressed c:ompac:t disc:
that c:ontains data
ac:c:essible to, but not
writable by, a c:omputer
for data storage and
music: playbac:k, the 1985
"Yellow Book" standard
developed by Sony and
Philips adapted the
format to hold any form
of binary data. Page 19