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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ____ is a flash device with a storage capacity similar to a small hard drive. They are faster than hard drives, they have no moving parts, and they have lower power consumption than hard drives.
A
Solid State Drive
B
Hard Disk Drive
C
Optical Drive
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An SSD, or solid-state drive, is a type of storage device used in computers. This non-volatile storage media stores persistent data on solid-state flash memory. SSDs replace traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) in computers and perform the same basic functions as a hard drive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Flash storage drives consume up to 50% less power than similar capacity HDDs, and are capable of much faster read/write speeds. Average HDDs cap out at 120 MB/s, while many Flash drives are capable of read/write speeds in excess of 500 MB/s. Importantly, Flash drives do not suffer from fragmentation issues.

Detailed explanation-3: -Flash storage is a data storage technology based on high-speed, electrically programmable memory. The speed of flash storage is how got its name: It writes data and performs random I/O operations in a flash. Flash storage uses a type of nonvolatile memory called flash memory.

Detailed explanation-4: -SSDs store data permanently inside an integrated circuit, typically using flash memory. The flash memory inside an SSD means data is written, transferred, and erased electronically and silently-SSDs don’t have the moving parts found inside mechanical hard-disk drives (HDDs).

Detailed explanation-5: -Solid-State Drives (SSDs) Unlike hard disk drives, SSDs don’t rely on magnets and disks, but instead use a type of flash memory called NAND.

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