CANETE, Jivan Ray

GOMEZ, 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 computers 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 Devices
Device

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 Devices
Magnetic 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 Devices
Flash 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/sto
rage-vs-memory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_card
http://www.technick.net