{"id":1176,"date":"2020-06-14T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T18:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepcsoft.net\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2023-04-29T20:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:39:03","slug":"types-of-storage-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepcsoft.net\/types-of-storage-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Types Of Storage Devices! In-Depth Knowledge in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

You will find the storing items become one of the crucial tasks in our daily life. That\u2019s why when you look at your home, you will see the presence of almirahs, wardrobes to store your daily necessary items. Likewise, we get so many necessary information daily and we need to store those for future use. It will be better if we familiar with the types of storage devices <\/strong>to get the ultimate benefit from it.<\/p>\n

From this detailed discussion, you can be able to familiarize yourself with the types of storage devices.<\/p>\n

What is Storage Device?<\/h2>\n

At first, look at the computer device, you will discover that a computer has the ability to store output data. A computer not only can store data for the user\u2019s future use but also store data on a temporary basis to process further.<\/p>\n

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A storage device is considered as computer hardware that is used to store, carry data on a short-term or long-term basis. Besides, nowadays storage devices are known as one of the main functions of the computer device.<\/p>\n

Now, you will find two types of storage devices first one is the primary storage device like RAM, Cache Memory, and 2nd is a secondary storage device like Hard Drive, Compact Disk Drive, USB, etc.<\/p>\n

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Different Types Of Storage Devices in Computer<\/h2>\n

As you are familiarized with the definition of the storage device now, we present you examples of many types of storage devices below.<\/p>\n

Magnetic storage devices<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You will find magnetic storage devices at the top of the list in widely used storage devices. Here, the data or information is stored in multiple patterns of magnetization in a magnetisable material. In addition, this type of storage device is considered as non-volatile memory so, the data will be preserved even the electricity gone.<\/p>\n

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Below you could notice some examples of magnetic storage devices–<\/strong><\/p>\n

Floppy disk <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0 Floppy disk is 3.5-inch in size which was invented by IBM in 1967. Moreover, you can keep 1.44 MB data in the floppy disk.<\/p>\n

Hard drive<\/strong> \u2013 The hard drive is the main part of a computer and it is a non-volatile storage device. The operating system software, and the essential software like browser, MS-Office, etc, require a hard drive.<\/p>\n

Magnetic strip<\/strong>– You can store video and audio in a magnetic strip by the magnetic tape, for instance, videotape recorder.<\/p>\n

Super disk- <\/strong>A super disk is 3.5-inch in size and can store 120 MB data at its initial stage but later on the storage capacity updated to 240 MB.<\/p>\n

Tape cassette-<\/strong> in 1951, Remington Rand invented this piece of plastic that is magnetically thin coated and capable of store 224 KB of data.<\/p>\n

Zip drive-<\/strong> This type of zip drive is close to the floppy disk but here the storage capacity is 100 MB and later on it ungraded by 250 MB.<\/p>\n

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Optical Storage Device<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Another common type of storage device is the Optical storage<\/a> device where the light and lasers are used to preserve and read data, like CD-R, etc.<\/p>\n

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Below you could notice some examples of optical storage devices–<\/strong><\/p>\n

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