Saturday 9 April 2011

What is storage and storage devices

STORAGE
Storage is computer components and recording media that retain digital data used for computing for some interval of time.


STORAGE DEVICES
Storage devices is hardware device capable of storing information.
There are two storage devices used in computers:

  • Primary devices
                                                                                 RAM(random access memory)


                                                                           ROM(read only memory)

  • Secondary devices
                                                                     Pendrive


                                                                      Hard disk drive
                                                             Floppy disk
                                                                          Zip disk