Storage

1. Access time

1.1. the amout of time it takes a storage device to locate an item on a storage medium

2. cloue storage

2.1. an internet service that provides storage to computer users

3. optical discs

3.1. consist of flash, roud, portable disc made of metal, plastic and lacquer that is written and read by a laser

4. other types of storage

4.1. tape

4.2. tape drive

4.3. megnetic stripe card

4.4. smart card

4.5. microfilm and microfiche

5. Putting it All together

6. Summary

7. Capacity

7.1. is the number of byte a storage medium can hold

8. Storage device

8.1. the computer hardware that record and/or retrieves items to and from storage media

8.1.1. reading

8.1.2. writing

9. Hard disk

9.1. contain one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magetic particles to store data, instructions and information

9.1.1. formatting

9.1.2. backup

9.1.3. RAID

9.1.4. network attached storage

10. Flash memory storage

10.1. a type of solid state media and contain no moving parts

10.1.1. a memory card

10.1.2. solid state drive (SSDs)

10.1.3. USB flash drives

10.1.4. ExpressCard module