Storage

1. Capacity

1.1. the number of bytes a storage mediumcan hold

2. storage device

2.1. the computer hardware that records

2.1.1. Reading

2.1.2. Writing

3. hard disks

3.1. store data using longitudinal recording

3.2. Characteristics of a hard disk

3.3. Formatting

3.4. backup

3.5. RAID

3.6. network attached storage

3.7. A disk controller consists of a special‐purpose chip

4. Flash Memory Storage

4.1. Solid state drives (SSDs)

4.2. memory card

4.3. USB flash drives

4.4. ExpressCard module

5. Other Types of Storage

5.1. Tape

5.2. tape drive

5.3. magnetic stripe card

5.4. smart card

5.5. Microfilm

5.6. microfiche

6. Access time

6.1. The time required to deliver an item from memory to the processor

7. Optical Discs

7.1. CD‐ROM

7.2. CD‐R

7.3. CD‐RW

7.4. Archive disc

7.5. Picture CD

7.6. DVD‐ROM

7.7. A Blu‐ray Disc‐ROM

7.8. New node

8. Cloud Storage

8.1. Cloud storage

8.2. An optical disc consists of a flat

9. Putting It All Together

9.1. Power User

9.2. Enterprise User (desktop computer)

9.3. Enterprise User (server or mainframe)

9.4. Home user

9.5. Small Office/Home Office user

9.6. Mobile