COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Secondary storage is faster than RAM.
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: RAM provides much faster accessing speed to data than secondary memory. By loading software programs and required files into primary memory(RAM), computer can process data much more quickly. Secondary Memory is slower in data accessing.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary storage is named as such because it doesn’t have direct access to the CPU. As a result, it is considerably slower than primary storage. Luckily it compensates for that lack of speed in several ways.
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