COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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Question
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Long-term storage inside of a computer. Not directly accessible by the CPU
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Primary Memory
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Secondary storage
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Secondary storage (also known as external memory or auxiliary storage) differs from primary storage in that it is not directly accessible by the CPU. The computer usually uses its input/output channels to access secondary storage and transfer the desired data to primary storage.
Detailed explanation-2: -The CPU reads directly from primary memory (RAM). To read data from secondary memory (primarily disk), it is first read into primary memory. Secondary memory is organized into blocks, and data is transferred from/to primary memory a block at a time.
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