Knowledge:
Knowledge is meaning, information and awareness as it exists in the human mind. This can be
contrasted with information and data that exist in non-human form such as documents and
systems. The following are illustrative examples of knowledge.
Example: Conceptual Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge
B) What is the function of a storage device? List at least three kinds of storage devices.(6
points)
Answer to question I [B]
Function of storage device:
A storage device is any type of computing hardware that is used for storing, porting or extracting data files and objects.
Storage devices can hold and store information both temporarily and permanently.
They may be internal or external to a computer, server or computing device.
Storage device. There are two types of storage devices used with computers: a primary storage
device, such as RAM, and a secondary storage device, such as a hard drive.
Secondary storage can be removable, internal, or external.
Example of different storage device:
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Hard Drive Disk.
Floppy Disk.
Tape.
Compact Disc (CD)
DVD and Blu-ray Discs.
USB Flash Drive.
Secure Digital Card (SD Card)
Solid State Drive (SSD)
RAM, commonly called "memory," is considered primary storage, since it stores data
that is directly accessible by the computer's CPU. Also, hard drives are not as fast
a RAM, which means they cannot transfer data as quickly. However, unlike RAM, hard
drives retain data when the computer is turned off.