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Chapter 4 Storage

Storage refers to the process of saving digital data within devices like hard disks and flash drives, which are essential for retaining information. Various external storage devices include hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, and pen drives, each with different storage capacities and functionalities. Hard disks offer large storage up to 4TB, while CDs can hold 700MB, and DVDs can store between 4 to 17GB of data.

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Chapter 4 Storage

Storage refers to the process of saving digital data within devices like hard disks and flash drives, which are essential for retaining information. Various external storage devices include hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, and pen drives, each with different storage capacities and functionalities. Hard disks offer large storage up to 4TB, while CDs can hold 700MB, and DVDs can store between 4 to 17GB of data.

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Chapter: 4

Storage
What does Storage mean?
Storage is a process through which digital data is saved within a data storage device. Storage is a
mechanism that enables a computer to retain/store data, either temporarily or permanently. Storage
devices such as flash drives and hard disks are a fundamental component of most digital devices since
they allow users to protect all kinds of information such as videos, documents, pictures and raw data.
Data are stored in secondary storage in the same binary codes as in the main (primary memory) storage.
Some of the devices of secondary storages are Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, DVD and Flash
drive.

External storage Devices


• Hard Disk
• Floppy Disk
• CDs
• DVDs
• Pen Drive

Hard Disk
Hard disks have large storage capacity. All the programs required to work on the computer are stored
in hard disk. It is consisted on several disks called platters. They are rotated at high speed, driven by
spindle motor. Each disk surface has its own read and write head. They can operate simultaneously.
It has the capacity to store upto 4TBs.

Floppy Disk
It can only store small amount of data. It is used to store the files safely. It is a thin piece of plastic
coated with magnetic material. They can be used to transfer and carry data. Now-a-days they are not
in common use and are replaced by CDs and DVDs and USBs.
CD
Also known as Compact Disk. It has large storage capacity. The data is stored on it and you can only
read data using CD-ROM and cannot write on it. CD has the storage capacity of 700 MBs.

Types of CD

Compact Disk

CD-R CD-RW

CD-R
Also known as Compact Disk Recordable. Data can be written only once and that data becomes
permanent. It can neither be erased nor new data can be written.

CD-RW
Also known as Compact Disk Re-Writeable. It is rewriteable disk. You can store the data on it anytime
and you can also erase it.

DVD
A Digital Versatile Disk stores large amount of data. It is made up of several layers of plastic. Each
has many tracks of data. Tracks are circles that start from center and move towards the outer edge. A
DVD can store from 4 to 17 GB.

PEN-DRIVE
Small portable device, stores large amount of data. It works faster than other devices. Computer has
ports in which we can plug in pen drives these ports are USB ports.

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