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Summary 1.2.2 - secondary storage
GCSE OCR COMPUTER SCIENCE J277 1.2.2 - secondary storage
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Primary storagc refers to the memory areas that the CPU can access quickly. They are mostly volatile (losesdata after power is turned off). E.g. RAM, ROM
Secondaty storage ls non-voLatilc. It is where all data is stored when not in use. E.g. magnetic hard disk
drives, solid state drives, cDs and sD cards. Read/write speeds are much slower compared to primary
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magnetised that part of the medium is. E.g. one level of magnetism will be a t, a second will be a o.
. Hard DiskDrives (HDDS) are used as internal storage in PCs and laptops
o Made up ofa stack of magnetised metal disks spinning
. Data is stored magnetically in small areas called sectors within circular tracks
. read/write heads on a moving arm are used to access sectors on the disk
. Portable HDDs are popular for backing up and transporting large amounts of data
. Although they have moving parts, they are long lasting and reliable. However they can be damaged by
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. \., Solid State Drives (SSDS) usually are a type of flash memory. No moving parts
. Used for the same purpose as HDDS - internal storage
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