Storage

Question 1

What is storage ?

Answer 1

Storing is saving the results of processing for present or future use.

Question 2

What is storage devices ?

Answer 2

A storage device is devices used to show the result of processing.

Question 3

What is main/primary memory ?

Answer 3

Main memory temporarily holds the data that is currently being executed by the computer.

Question 4

What is secondary memory ?

Answer 4

Secondary memory are permanent storage that stores program for future use.

Question 5

What is non-volatile memory ?

Answer 5

Non-volatile storage devices retain their content when the computer is turned off.

Question 6

What is volatile memory ?

Answer 6

Volatile storage devices lose their content when the power is turned off.

Question 7

What are non-volatile primary storage devices ?

Answer 7

1.ROM
2.PROM
3.EPROM

Question 8

What is Read Only Memory (ROM) ?

Question 9

What is Programmable ROM (PROM) ?

Question 10

What is Erasable and Programmable ROM (EPROM) ?

Question 11

What is Random Access Memory (RAM) ?

Question 12

What are two types of RAM

Answer 12

1.SDRAM-Synchronous Dynamic RAM

2.RDRAM-Rabus Dynamic RAM

Question 13

What is read operation ?

Question 14

What is write operations ?

Question 15

What is direct access ?

Question 16

What is a read/write head ?

Question 17

What is sequential access ?

Question 18

What is a device interference ?

Question 19

What is the data transfer rate ?

Question 20

What is revolution per minute ?