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Storage Media - Coggle Diagram
Storage Media
Paper
Information is written/typed onto a sheet of paper
Usage
Maps
Tickets
Books
Disadvantages
Easy to damage or destroy
Difficult to edit and update
Time consuming to send, update and collaborate
Advantages
Content is always readable
Doesn't require electricity
Cannot be stolen in an online data breach
Optical
Information is stored on shiny silver plastic disks
Usage
DVDs
CDs
Blu-Ray disks
Disadvantages
Easily scratched
Lots of plastic used
Data transfer can be slow
Advantages
Long lasting
Cheap to produce
Easily recorded
Magnetic
Magnets align metal to be read as complete information
Usage
Mechanical hard drives
Tape
Floppy disks
Disadvantages
Advantages
Cheap
Large capacity avaiable
Can be bulk erased