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16 Cards in this Set
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What is the difference between Primary and Secondary storage?
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Primary Storage is ROM and RAM. Secondary Storage is backup. Eg. The hard drive.
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Name three different types of backup storage media.
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Hard Drive, SSD, DVDs, DVD-RAM, CDs, Blu-Ray Discs etc.
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What does WORM stand for?
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Write once, Read many. |
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What is the definition of capacity?
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The amount of data that can be stored. |
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Give three examples of External Storage.
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Any three of Portable Hard Disks, Magnetic Tape, Memory Stick, Flash Drives, Solid State, DVDs or CDs. |
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Give one advantage of Cloud storage.
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Automatically backs up data, access files anywhere or easily share files.
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Give two examples of multimedia.
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Sound, Graphics, animation, video and text.
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What is the difference between storage device and storage media?
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Media is what holds the information e.g. magnetic tape. Device is what uses the media and provides the physical interface.
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What is the difference between fixed and removable storage?
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Fixed - Internal media and is used to store data often an internal hard drive. Removable - Removable storage is storage that can be removed while the system is running. |
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Give an example of Removable Media.
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CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, USB Memory stick etc. |
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What type of storage is a hard disk?
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A hard disk is Magnetic. |
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Give one advantage of Magnetic Tape.
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Cheapest form of storage Can store large amounts of data - up to 1TB Can backup overnight. |
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Give a disadvantage of a CD.
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Fragile, easy to scratch. Smaller storage capacity than a hard drive Slower access than a Hard Disk. |
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What is the typical storage capacity of a Blu-Ray?
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25-50GB of storage capacity. |
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True or false: Flash memory is non-volatile.
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That statement is true.
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Is storing data online secure?
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Storing data is encrypted and given a user name and password. |
