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The document provides an overview of various optical and magnetic storage devices, detailing their functions, advantages, and disadvantages. It covers devices such as DVD-ROMs, CD-ROMs, solid-state drives (SSDs), USB memory sticks, memory cards, hard disk drives (HDDs), and portable hard disk drives. Each device is described in terms of its storage capacity, data access methods, and usability in different applications.
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ICT Chapter 3 Activity

The document provides an overview of various optical and magnetic storage devices, detailing their functions, advantages, and disadvantages. It covers devices such as DVD-ROMs, CD-ROMs, solid-state drives (SSDs), USB memory sticks, memory cards, hard disk drives (HDDs), and portable hard disk drives. Each device is described in terms of its storage capacity, data access methods, and usability in different applications.
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CHAPTER 3
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ACTIVITY
Aleeya Kayleigh Jia-Yi Lara Zi Yi
WHAT IS OPTICAL DEVICES?

Optical storage devices are


devices that work by using
lasers to read and write data. OPTICAL DEVICES
The laser in the optical storage
shines on the device's surface,
and when it hits a pit, the light
bounces differently than when
it hits a flat land. The drive
detects these changes and
read the data in binary code
DVD-ROM (DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC-READ ONLY MEMORY)
Non-volatile (data cannot be changed or
erased, only can be read)
Used to store: movies, tv shows, audio or
video collections
CD-ROM (COMPACT DISC-READ ONLY MEMORY) Advantages: Large storage capacity (can
Non-volatile (data cannot be changed or store more data than a CD-ROM), High
quality video and audio (Provides excellent
erased, only can be read) picture and sound quality when used for
Used to store: music, software applications video content)
Advantages: Large storage capacity (can Disadvantages: Read only access (can’t
edit or write new data once it is created),
hold large amount of data, Data security slower access speed of data (data retrieve
(considered more stable and secure slower compared to hard drives device
compared to magnetic devices),
Disadvantages: Not durable (easily be
scattered and damages), Read only
access(can’t edit or write new data once it is CD-R AND DVD-R
created) (CD-RECORDABLE AND DVD-RECORDABLE)
Can add data until the drive is full, but
BLU -RAY cannot remove any data or reuse the disc
Random access devices CD-RW AND DVD-RW
Used to store: HD movies, large (CD-REWRITABLE AND DVD-REWRITABLE)
software applications
Data can be erased so that the
Advantages: store high quality
drive can be reuse
video, faster access speed of
data, support 3D HD DVD
Disadvantages: More expensive,
data will loss easily if scattered, Hold more data, store very high
Blu-ray player is required definition video
SOLID STATE
DEVICES

What are solid-state drives?


A solid-state drive (SSD) is a device for storing data
ADVANTAGES
on non-volatile memory , using flash-based memory
Solid-state drives have no moving parts and are They are more reliable
known to be smaller , more reliable , have lower They are considerably light & thin
power consumption and have much higher They have a lower power consumption
input/output performance. SSDs have a much faster data transfer speed
Solid-State drives come in multiple capacities ,
media types , interfaces , form factors and
segments to address the large market for data DISADVANTAGES
storage
Lifespan - there are only so many times you can
Uses erase and rewrite data on a solid state drive. Each
It acts as a storage device to store files , time this process is completed , cells in the SSD
applications and operating systems
Solid-state drives are faster , more durable and
decay until the drive cannot be used anymore.
more energy efficient than traditional hard disk SSDs are a lot more expensive
drives Limited storage space
USB MEMORY STICK
Uses : Transfer files
Advantages : Portable , small , large capacities
Disadvantages : easy to lose and could be
damaged if not ejected correctly

MEMORY CARD
Uses : Store files on digital cameras , mobile
phones , mp3 players
Advantages : Very small , robust
Disadvantages : Expensive , smaller storage
capacities
MAGNETIC DEVICES
Advantages
Magnetic tape drives Inexpensive
What are magnetic tape drives? Robust technology and
Data on magnetic tapes are read large data capacity
from or written to by a read/ write Fast data transfer rate
head in the magnetic tape storage
device/
Data is read from the tape using Disadvantages
serial access
Best used for offline or batch
Slow data access time
processing because it uses serial
access
Uses While updating, another
motion picture production companies tape is needed to store the
record their footage on magnetic final updated version
tape
Used in holding data from scientific Affected by magnetic
experiments that produce mass fields which can corrupt
quantities of data.
data
MAGNETIC DEVICES
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) Advantages
What is hard disk drive? Fast data transfer
Most common method of rate and access time
storing data Large memory
Data is stored on a digital
format on the magnetic capacity
surface of the hard disk,
called platters Disadvantages
Accessed using direct
access/ random access Can be easily
Uses damaged
Main secondary storage
device to store operating
Have many moving
system and system software parts so it may not be
Used in real-time systems like reliable and noisy
robots and online systems
MAGNETIC DEVICES
Portable hard disk drives/
Advantages
external hard disk drive
Fast data transfer
Basically HDDs but rate and access time
external and can be Can be used to
connected to the transfer info to
computer by USB computers
Uses
Used as a way of Disadvantages
transferring data Easily damaged
between computer Data transfer is not
Used as a backup as fast as HDD
system

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