COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES
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Paper
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Optical
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Magnetic
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Solid State
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Detailed explanation-1: -Magnetic storage media and devices store data in the form of tiny magnetised dots. These dots are created, read and erased using magnetic fields created by very tiny electromagnets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of storage devices are-Pen drives, Hard disk, Compact disk, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -hard disk is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hard drive – An internal hard drive is the main storage device in a computer. An external hard drive is also known as removable hard drive. It is used to store portable data and backups. Magnetic strip – Magnetic tape drive stores video and audio using magnetic tape, like tape and video tape recorders.
Detailed explanation-5: -Magnetic tape drives, floppy disk drives and hard disk drives are all examples of backing storage devices. The Main Memory contains two types of memory chip called ROM and RAM which hold program instructions and data. Computers store and process data using binary numbers.