Monday, September 22, 2008

Storage

Storage is a holds data, instructions, and information for future use. Storage medium is physical material used for storage which is also called secondary storage. Storage that records and retrieves items to and from storage media. Reading is actually process of transferring items from storage media to memory and writing is actually a process of transferring items from memory to storage. Access time its actually time it takes storage device to locate item on storage medium. Time required to deliver item from memory to processor. There is miniature mobile storage media. Miniature mobile storage media is storage for small mobile devices. For the examples, compactFlash, secure digital, xD picture card, memory card and memory stick PRO Duo. What is USB Flash Drive? USB Drive is plugs in USB port on a computer or mobile device, storage capacities up to 64 GB and making the floppy disk obsolete. What is smart card? Smart card is stored data on microprocessor embedded in small card.

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