The Indian Public School: Chapter 3 - Storage Devices and Media
The Indian Public School: Chapter 3 - Storage Devices and Media
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3. Mr. Tom decides to build a PC for his new gaming setup. He decides to completely customize
it with his own choice of internal components to boost his gaming experience.
a. Identify and define the type of storage device which is non volatile and built into the system
for storing the digital data.
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4. In San Diego State University, they decided to install flash memory in a few computers and
RAM in a few computers in their computer lab. Explain how they made a choice of choosing
both flash memory and RAM. Also mention in which computers they were installed.
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5. Harry takes his Memory stick for his road trip with friends. He stored a lot of his favorite 90’s
music pop collection in it. During the trip his friends chose some random songs from the playlist
that he had in his memory stick.
a. Identify and define the type of access that he would have used to select the songs.
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b. Mention the two real time places where the above identified data access is used.
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6. Computers are invented to make lives easier for humans. They are designed to perform
various tasks. However there are two main types of memory that are necessary for the
computer to function. Classify them and give points of differentiation between them. [4]
Memory 1 : Memory 2 :