Chapter 1
Digital Device
Information and Communication Technology
Chapter 1 Digital Device
Peripheral Device
Secondary storage is often referred to as
storage.
Secondary storage in non-volatile, which
means it will not lose data when the
system’s power is turned off.
Peripheral Device
Secondary storage is used for:
Storing a document for future use
Storing an application, ready to be
loaded into RAM when the user opens
the application
Virtual memory
Peripheral Device
Device
Storage devices are used to store data or
software that is used in a computer system.
Storage devices can be either internal or
external.
Internal drives connect directly to the
computer’s motherboard. External devices
are connected to the computer’s mother
board through the different ports and
adapters on the computer’s exterior.
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Peripheral Device
There are different types of storage device.
Hard disk drives
Solid state drives
Optical disk drives
Peripheral Device
Hard disk drives (HDD) contain hard disk
media.
The driver provide a connection from the
disk to the motherboard, either directly or
using wireless adapter like Wi-Fi or a wired
port like USB.
Peripheral Device
Solid state drives (SSD, often referred to as
flash drives) contain flash memory media.
They are otherwise identical to hard disk
drive.
Peripheral Device
Optical disk drives contain optical disk
media.
Peripheral Device
Media
Hard disks
Hard disks are made up of many concentric
platters. These patters make up a cylinder
that spins on a central spindle.
A read/write head moves on an arm across
tracks on the platter.
When reading, a read/write head change
the magnetic field into electrical current
When writing, it transforms electrical current
into a magnetic field.
Peripheral Device
Optical Media
CDs can store up to 700MB of data. The
data is written to the disk using a laser,
which writes data to a plastic layer beneath
layers of aluminium and acrylic.
DVDs looks very much like CDs. They can
store 4.7 GB.
Blu-ray disks are similar to CDs and DVDs,
but use a scratch-protection coating. They
can store 25GB.
Peripheral Device
To Burn CD/DVD
Peripheral Device
To Burn CD/DVD
Peripheral Device
Flash media
Flash media are more energy-efficient then
hard disks as they do not have moving
parts. This makes them suitable for use in
portable devices.
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Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape was originally designed to
record sound, but it is now used to store
data.
Peripheral Device
Hard disk
Comparing types Flash
of media Optical Magnetic
Media Media Tape
Data Access Fast Fastest Slow Slowest
Speed
Maximum C Varies, up to Varies, up to CD 700GB Varies, up to
apacity 2 TG many TB DVD 18 GB 185 TB
(or more) Blu-ray 50
GB
Cost per GB HIgh Very High Medium Low
USE Servers, PC, Laptops, Mo Multimedia, Whole
backups bile devices Backups system back
up
Portability Not suitable Yes Not suitable Not suitable
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Storage media store data in binary form.
This means that each bit of data holds one
of two values: 0 or 1.
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Units of storage capacity
Number of Bytes Unit Symbol Name
1000 1 KB Kilobyte
1000,000 1 MB Megabyte
1000,000,000 1 GB Gigabyte
1000,000,000,000 1 TB Terabyte
1000,000,000,000,000 1 PB Petabyte
1000,000,000,000,000,000 1 EB Exabyte
1000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1 ZB Zattabyte
1000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1 YB Yottabyte
