COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Magnetic tape is one of the oldest technologies for electronic data storage. While tape has largely been displaced as a primary and backup storage medium, it remains well-suited for archiving because of its high capacity, low cost and long durability.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most widely used secondary storage devices are magnetic tapes, magnetic disks and floppy disks. It is not directly accessible by the CPU. Computer usually uses its input / output channels to access secondary storage and transfers the desired data using intermediate are a in primary storage.