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This document provides an overview of different types of storage devices and media: 1. There are three main types of storage - magnetic, optical, and solid state. Magnetic storage uses magnetic materials, optical uses lasers to read pits on discs, and solid state has no moving parts. 2. Magnetic storage includes hard disks, removable disks, and magnetic tapes. Hard disks are fixed inside computers while removable disks are portable. Tapes provide sequential access to large amounts of data for backups. 3. Optical storage includes CDs and DVDs, with DVDs holding more data using a more precise laser. CDs are good for music while DVDs can store larger files and data.

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ICT Chapter 3

This document provides an overview of different types of storage devices and media: 1. There are three main types of storage - magnetic, optical, and solid state. Magnetic storage uses magnetic materials, optical uses lasers to read pits on discs, and solid state has no moving parts. 2. Magnetic storage includes hard disks, removable disks, and magnetic tapes. Hard disks are fixed inside computers while removable disks are portable. Tapes provide sequential access to large amounts of data for backups. 3. Optical storage includes CDs and DVDs, with DVDs holding more data using a more precise laser. CDs are good for music while DVDs can store larger files and data.

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IGCSE ICT Chapter3 Storage devices and media

Overview
• they are peripheral devices
• Hold data even the computer is off
• Storage medium ---- holds data
• Storage device –machine let you store data on the medium and read data
• Ex: CD RW disk –medium , CD RW drive-machine
Storage devices and media
3 different types of storage device
Magnetic storage media
• Hold data magnetically
• Media is made of magnetic material
• Magnetic polarity can be changed 0 to 1
Optical storage media
• Store data in little pits burnt by a laser repeating 1s and 0s
• Difference between reflected light used to store data
Solid state storage
• No moving parts and fixed directly into the computer
• The device and the edium is the same
Magnetic storage media
Fixed hard disk and drivers
Fixed hard disk
• Main storage
• Data stored on one or more disks
• Each has read/write head-this can write and read data from it
• Advantagous
1. can store very large amount of data
2. Access is fast and No limit fot reuse
• Disavantage
1. Fragile ,Needs to backup always
• Store 3 types of data
1. Operatig system 2.The users applicatons 3.User’s data
• These data on hard disk send to computers RAM when needed.
• Direct data access- find particular data without reading everything. So quicker.
Hard disks and Drivers
Removable and portable hard disk
• Similar to fixed one
• Same technology use
• The difference is not connected inside the computer and use different type
of interface
• Need to protect more ,Fragile
• Cost more and can hold more data
• Useful for backups
• Advantages
❖No need external power source, Small easy to carry
❖Can use by multiple PCS for sharing files
❖Allwed automatic backups, Quick archiving data
• Disadvantage
❖Not good to switch between Macs and PCs
Magnetic tape drivers and tapes
• Similar to magnetic disks
• Difference is data is stored in a long line on the tape not scatterd as in the disks
• Magnetic tape drive is the device that drives the tape
• Tape is read/write using a read/write head similar to magnetic disk
• But in a tape reader read/write head stay stil and tape moves
• This type of storage is serial storage –data store one piece after the other
• If the data is arranged in any order finding data is quicker – and this is
sequential storage but still slower than the direct access of hard disks.
• Use to store large amount of data and speed is not important Ex. Backups
• Cheaper than disk storage and not damaged easily
• Sequential arrangement is important – the payroll for a large company(all the
data needs to be read so everyone gets paid. Also for utility bills.
Magnetic tape
Optical storage media
CD (compact disk)
• Hold large files , but limited storage size
• Good for music files
• Use a laser to read data
DVD (digital versatile disk)
• Can hold more data than CD
• Use more precise laser, data would be more closer and more
data can be pressed together
Uses for different types of optical storage media
Solid-state storage

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