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Storage - Coggle Diagram
Storage
Storage devices
It is the machine that lets you store data on the medium, and then read data from it.
Storage media
It is the support that holds the data
Optical storage media
It stores data on their surface by little "pits" (little holes) that are burnt by a laser into the surface representing either 0s or 1s.
DVD
Blu-Ray
CD
Rs
Only writable disks
Rus
Re-writable disks
Rom
Only readable disks, they store for example software data
Solid state storage
It is different from other storage media, because it hasn't got any moving parts and fits directly into the computer. Furthermore the device and the medium are the same thing.
Memory cards
Flashdrives
Magnetic storage media
It holds the data magnetically.
The surface of the media is made of magnetic material, and data is written to it by changing the local magnetic polarity to represent either a 0 or a 1.
Magnetic tapes
Removable hard disk
Fix hard disks