Data Storage

This article lists the various computer information systems/storage types and how they work. This article includes definitions of various types of storage, from hard drives and flash memory, such as USB drives and solid state drives (memory cards), to optical discs and smart cards. We currently use smart cards more than this article suggests.

Storage System

As the demand for technology and technology itself continues to excel throughout history, so does user's wants and needs. The user's lifestyle pertaining to computers may revolve around publishing documents, creating presentations, media management, networking on the internet, and much more. In correlation with their wants and needs, there's the need to be able to have access to storage of the data being produced. Storage is also referred to as 'memory', as it can be any type of hardware that's functionality includes, storing data, maintaining downloaded files along with extracting files as well. This can be performed through both permanent and temporary storage along with being internal to a device, or external.

As the spectrum of technology storage is a wide-range and continues to grow, benefits of storage included today are:

  • Cost-efficient
  • Speed
  • Enhanced efficiency

Examples of storage includes:

  • Hard Disk Drives / Solid State Drives
  • Storage Area Networks
  • Network Attached Storage
  • Computer Disks
  • USB
  • Cloud Computing

Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Computer_Information_Systems/Storage
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