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What are the benefit of using decomposition?
Decomposition involves analysing a complex problem or system and breaking it down into smaller parts that are more manageable and easy to understand
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What are the benefit of using abstraction?
Abstraction allows programmers to create a general idea of what the problem is and how to solve it.
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Solid State Drive
(About it)
Non-volatile,
No moving parts,
Long term storage of a users files.
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Advantages of Solid State Drive
Durable,
Fast,
No latency,
Less noise,
Smaller
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Disadvantages of Solid State Drive
More expensive and less storage capacity
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What is the capacity of Solid State Drive?
50GB- 1TB
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Advantages of Hard Disk Drive
Cheap,
Store large data,
Fast write speed
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Disadvantages of Hard Disk Drive
Lots of mechanical parts,
Not portable
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What is the capacity of Hard Disk Drive?
250GB - 8TB
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ROM
(Read-Only Memory)
Non-volatile - doesn't lose data when power is lost,
Cannot be written,
Holds data to read,
Primary Storage- In the computer to maintain smooth operator.
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RAM
(Random-Access Memory)
Fast than your hard drive- will offer a big performance boost,
Will more to virtual memory if full,
Volatile- power lost/data lost,
Store data currently in use- The OS, software in use, the data that the software is using.
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Abstraction allows programmers to create a general idea of what the problem is and how to solve it.

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What are the benefit of using abstraction?

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Non-volatile,
No moving parts,
Long term storage of a users files.

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Durable,
Fast,
No latency,
Less noise,
Smaller

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More expensive and less storage capacity

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