COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

INPUTOUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES

STORAGE DEVICES HARD DISK SSD AND FLASH MEMORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Secondary storage gets its name because____
A
It is secondary to main memory
B
It is mostly used in secondary schools
C
It is fast-things load in a second
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Secondary memory is known as a Backup memory or Additional memory or Auxiliary memory. Data is directly accessed by the processing unit. Data cannot be accessed directly by the processor. It is first copied from secondary memory to primary memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The secondary storage memory is also called as Auxiliary Memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The difference between primary and secondary memory is that Primary memory is the main memory of the device/ computer where the processing data exist and the secondary memory of a device/ computer is an auxiliary memory that stores the data permanently.

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