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Secondary Storage
Kumar Neelabh
What is Secondary Storage?

Secondary storage is:

A non-volatile memory that is

Not directly accessible by CPU because it is

Not accessed via input/output channels

It is an external device

Examples : CDs, DVDs, External Hard

Drives, Pen drives
Why Secondary?
Adds to primary memory

Lesser cost per byte Two orders of magnitude cheaper

Easily transfer big data (For slow connections)

Not directly accessible by CPU : Data

will not be accidentally deleted
Primary and Secondary: A comparison
Primary memory storages are temporary;
whereas secondary storage is permanent.

Primary memory is expensive and smaller,

where as secondary memory is cheaper and
larger

Primary memory storages are faster, where

as secondary storages are slower.
Another definition
A computer's internal hard drive is often considered a primary
storage device, while external hard drives and other external
media are considered secondary storage devices.

However, primary and secondary storage may also refer

specifically to the components inside the computer. In this case,
primary storage typically refers to random access memory (RAM),
while secondary storage refers to the computer's internal hard
drive.
Thank You