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MEMORY AND STORAGE
CANETE, Jivan RayGOMEZ, Edgar Jr.JITO, Louisan Veth
STORE UNIT- saves data and instructions to make them readily available for initial or additional processing whenever required. Storage may refer to the computer’s hard disk and holds the following:
-Data and instructions for processing-Intermediate results of processing-Final results of processing
• MEMORY- is required to store files
MEMORY TERMINOLOGY
BIT- from the words binary digit, smallest unit of information in a computer. Bit is represented by numbers 1 and 0
BYTE- built from bits. A byte is composed of 8 bits. It provides enough possible patterns to represent a character
1 byte(B) 1 character or 8 bits pattern
1 Kilobyte(KB) 1024 bytes
1 Megabyte(MB)
1024 Kilobytes
1,048,576 bytes
1 Gigabyte(GB)
1024 Megabytes
1,073,741,824 bytes
1 Terabyte(TB)
1024 Gigabytes
1,099,511,627,776 bytes
EQUIVALENCE
TYPES OF STORAGE• A. PRIMARY STORAGE- is where data are
stored while processing is done. It is volatile and temporary
RAM- computer memory used to store given instructions which can later be changed or erased. It involves reading and writing
ROM-contains stored instructions that a computer requires to be able to do its basic routine operations
BIOS- set of routines that work closely with hardware to support transfer of information
Caching- storing of frequently used data in extremely fast RAM that connects directly to the CPU
Virtual memory- space on a hard disk used to temporarily store data and swap it in and out of RAM as needed
• B. SECONDARY STORAGE- where data are stored permanently. It provides cheap , non-volatile high capacity storage
DIRECT ACCESS MEDIA- supports sequential or random access where data can be accessed directly. Examples are floppy disk, hard disk and flash drive
SEQUENTIAL ACCESS MEDIA-where data are accessed in a specific order. An example of this is a magnetic tape
Secondary Storage Devices
Sequential Access Direct Access DevicesDevice
Magnetic Tape Magnetic Disks Optical Disks Memory Storage
-CD-ROM Devices -CD-RW -Flash Drive
Floppy Disk Hard Disk -DVD -Memory Card
-MOD
Commonly Used Mass Secondary Storage DevicesMagnetic Tape- sequential access storage
where blocks of data are stored serially along the length of the tape
.
Magnetic Disk- is a direct access storage media which is divided into tracks and sectors
a. hard disk-is often used as an extension of RAM
b. Floppy disk- much slower than
the hard disks. Examples of this are diskettes and ZIP disk
DISKETTE ZIP DISK
Optical Disk- rigid disk of plastic in which date are recorded by special lasers that physically burn into the disk(same technology as the CD)
a. Compact Disk>CD-ROM-non-erasable disk that stores computer data and can write data on the disk only once>CD-Rewritable- can erase and
rewrite data on the disk up to 1,000 times
Compact Disk
b. DVD-contains digitized and compressed video information as well as large volumes of other digital data. (e.g. DVD,DVD-R,DVD-RW)
c. MOD-a hybrid between magnetic disk and optical disk. It uses optical technology for read and magnetic recording technique with optical focusing.
DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC
MAGNETO-OPTICAL DISC
Memory Storage DevicesFlash Drive- data storage that includes flash
memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface.
Memory Card-SD/MMC/CF/MSD- an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital information
SOURCES:http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/
63352/storage-vs-memoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_cardhttp://www.technick.net