Floppy Disk
Small files to be transported
Secondary Storage
Primary Storage
Hard Disk
CDs and DVDs
Miniature Storage Media
Tape
Items waiting to be interpreted
and executed by the processor
Operating system, application
software, user data and information
Software, backups, movies, music
Digital pictures or small files to
be transported
Backups
Memory (most RAM)
Stores …
Storage
What is access time?
p. 350
ØTime it takes storage device to locate item on storage medium
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ØTime required to deliver item from memory to processor
faster
transfer
rates
slower
transfer
rates