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Discuss the different types of storage devices - which ones you like, and why.

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The expert discusses the different types of storage media in detail. The devices are compared.

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A storage device is a hardware based device that is used to store computer memory. There are two types of computer storages, primary storage and secondary storage. Examples of primary storage includes Random Access Memory (RAM), and ROM (Read-only Memory). These are volatile or semi-volatile memory which allows fast read and write cycles. These are also by far the most expensive storage media. Permanet storage, on the other hand, stores persistent and permanent ...

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