Solid-State
Drive (SSD):
SSD
(Solid State Drive) is also a non-volatile storage medium that is used to hold
and access data. Unlike a hard drive, it does not have moving components, so it
offers many advantages over SSD, such as faster access time, noiseless
operation, less power consumption, and more.
As
the cost of SSD has come down, it has become an ideal replacement for a
standard hard drive-in desktop and laptop computers. It is also suitable for
notebooks, and tablets that don't require lots of storage.
Pen
Drive (Flash Drive):
Pen
drive is a compact secondary storage device. It is also known as a USB flash
drive, thumb drive or a jump drive. It connects to a computer via a USB port.
It is commonly used to store and transfer data between computers. For example,
you can write a report using a computer and then copy or transfer it in the pen
drive. Later, you can connect this pen drive to a computer to see or edit your
report. You can also store your important documents and pictures, music, videos
in the pen drive and keep it at a safe place.
Pen
drive does not have movable parts; it comprises an integrated circuit memory
chip that stores the data. This chip is housed inside a plastic or aluminum
casing. The data storage capacity of the pen drive generally ranges from 2 GB
to 128 GB. Furthermore, it is a plug and play device as you don't need
additional drives, software, or hardware to use it.
SD
Card:
SD
Card stands for Secure Digital Card. It is most often used in portable and
mobile devices such as smartphones and digital cameras. You can remove it from
your device and see the things stored in it using a computer with a card
reader.
There
are many memory chips inside the SD card that store the data; it does not have
moving parts. SD cards are not created equal, so they may differ from each
other in terms of speed, physical sizes, and capacity. For example, standard SD
cards, mini SD cards, and micro SD cards.
Floppy
Disk
Alternatively
referred to as a floppy or floppy disk, a floppy
diskette is a type of storage media capable of
storing electronic data, like a computer file. The floppy diskette was first
created in 1967 by IBM as an alternative to buying hard drives, which were
extremely expensive at the time.
The
picture shown on this page is an example of a 3.5" floppy diskette, one of
the most commonly used floppy diskettes, capable of storing 1.44 MB of data. To
read and write to this diskette it would be inserted into a floppy drive.
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