Physical Storage Devices

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Storage Device: Hard Disk Drive
Features: Uses magnetic disks for storing data and Can store huge amounts of data
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Storage Device: Hard Disk Drive
Typical Uses: Storage of data and files when the computer is turned off and Storage of the operating system
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Storage Device: Solid State Drive
Features: No moving parts, which is faster and more reliable
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Storage Device: Solid State Drive
Typical Uses: Storage of the operating system and Storage of data and files when the computer is turned off
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Storage Device: Optical Devices
Features: Uses optical media such as CDs and DVDs to store data
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Storage Device: Optical Devices
Typical Uses: Used for storage of files and data to be transferred to another computer and Storage of software for installation on a computer
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Storage Device: Flash Memory Devices
Features: Small memory sticks that have no moving parts andUsed for storage of files and data to be transferred to another computer and No moving parts, which is faster and more reliable
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Storage Device: Flash Memory Devices
Typical Uses: Used to save images in a camera
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What is Big Data?
Big data is data sets that are so big or complex that traditional data processing software cannot deal with them. Big data is usually measured in terms of petabytes
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Storage Device: Hard Disk Drive

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Typical Uses: Storage of data and files when the computer is turned off and Storage of the operating system

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Storage Device: Solid State Drive

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Card 4

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Storage Device: Solid State Drive

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Card 5

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Storage Device: Optical Devices

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