COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hard Disk Drive
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Flash Drive
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DVD
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Solid State Drive
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Detailed explanation-1: -The simple answer is that SSD has no moving parts and functions similarly to USB memory sticks, while the Mechanical HDD has a magnetic tape and a lot of moving parts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduced in 2003, SATA (or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is the default interface for most desktop and laptop hard drives. They are referred to as SATA hard drives, but they are actually rotary hard drives with spinning platters and a moving needle that writes data to consecutive sectors on each platter.
Detailed explanation-3: -External hard disk drives are mechanical, and they contain moving parts. This means that they will, at some point, fail. It’s not a question of if your external hard drive will fail, it’s when. Because external hard drives contain moving parts, this makes them more susceptible to physical damage.