INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TERM 1 2021-2022

ANNOUNCEMENT
Welcome to Week 5 Lesson 2. This Unit deals with Storage.

UNIT- Storage
TOPIC- Storage

Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. State what is cloud storage and local storage
2. State the difference between cloud storage and local storage.
3. State what is a bistable device.
4. Understand the Units of Storage- binary

Course Materials
Students need the following to complete the lesson:
 Computer/Laptop
 Internet Access
 MS Teams
 Log On to IT for CSEC 3rd Edition Chapter 3:

ASYNCHRONOUS SCHEDULE AND ACTIVITIES

WEEK 3 Tuesday 5th October to Tuesday 12th October, 2021

Step 1- Answer the following questions

1. What is a bistable device
2. Calculate the number of bytes in the following
a) I am doing my home-work
b) A9
3. Calculate the number of bits in the following
a) I am doing my home-work
b) A9

3. Write the units of storage in the order of highest to lowest storage capacity.
GB, MB, TB, KB

4. State the storage capacity of the following devices

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a. CD
b. DVD
c. Blu Ray
d. Magnetic tape
e. Hard disk
f. Floppy disk
g. Flash drive
h. SSD
i. Memory Card

Step 2- Review Chapter 3 for Worksheet next day

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