Storage Devices
SPRING TIDE ENGLISH EMERSION SCHOOL
BAHAWALNAGAR
ASSI GNM ENT
Submitted by:
Laraib Hameed
Submitted to:
Mam Sonia Kanwal
Class:
Prep-1(s)
Topic:
Storage Devices
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 1
Storage Devices
STORAGE DEVICE:
A computer storage device is any type of hardware that stores data.
The computer's primary hard drive stores the operating system ,
application , and files and folders for users of the computer While the
hard drive is the most ubiquitous Of all storage Devices , several
other types are Common as well.
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 2
Storage Devices
SOME EXAMPLES OF STORAGE DEVICES
Hard Drive Disk
Floppy Disk
Tape
Compact Disc (CD)
DVD and Blu-ray Discs
USB Flash Drive
Secure Digital Card (SD Card)
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 3
Storage Devices
HARD DISK DRIVE
A hard disk drive or hard drive, is a data storage device for computer
Which uses magnetic storage to Store data. The capacity of s hard is
usually measured in gigabytes (GB), however hard disk capacity can
also be measured in terabytes When the capacity is over 1000
Gigabytes.
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 4
Storage Devices
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
The floppy disk drive, also known as diskette, is a removable
magnetic storage medium that allows recording of data. IBM first
introduced it as a 8-in diskette in 1971.Today, the most commonly
used floppy disks are 3.5 inches and have the capacity of 800KB to
2.8MB (with a standard of 1.44MB).
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 5
Storage Devices
TAPE STORAGE
Magnetic tape data is a system for Storing digital information on
magnetic much thinner PET film. Most tape drives Could support a
maximum reel size of 10.5 Inches. (267 mm).
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 6
Storage Devices
SD CARD
New standard allows SD cards to reach a theoretical maximum of
128TB. A new technical specification will enable SD cards to achieve
a theoretical maximum storage capacity of 128 terabytes (TB), with
transfer speeds of up to 985 megabytes per second ( (MB/s).
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 7
Storage Devices
USB FLASH DRIVE
A USB flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory
with an integrated USB interface. It is typically removable rewritable
and much smaller than an optical disc… USB flash drives are often
used for storage data back-up and transferring of Computer files.
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 8
Storage Devices
COMPACT DISC
The Compact Disc is 120 millimeters (4.7) in diameter, with a74 or
80 minute audio capacity and a 550 or 700 MB (737,280,000… bytes)
data capacity. Disc are 1.2 mm thick with a 15 mm center hole The 80
mm diameter discs can hold up to 24 minutes of music or 210 MB.
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 9
Storage Devices
BLU-RAY DISC
The Blu-ray Disc have a capacity of 25 GB ( single layer), 50 GB (Dual
layer), 100, 128 GB(BOXL) UP to four layers are possible in a
standard form BD. Block size 2B sector ,64 KB ECC block.Read
mechanism 405 mm diode laser 36 MB/s.
The Spring Tide English Immersion Bahawalnagar 10
