Density is a measure of the quantity of information bits that can be stored on a given physical space of a computer storage medium. There are three types...
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is sometimes called digital data. Computer data storage is one of the core functions of a general-purpose computer. Electronic documents can be stored...
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storing opened programs and data being actively processed, computer memory serves as a mass storage cache and write buffer to improve both reading and writing...
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Initially, magnetic tape for data storage was wound on 10.5-inch (27 cm) reels. This standard for large computer systems persisted through the late 1980s...
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Read-only memory (redirect from Read-only storage)
its data even after the computer is switched off. IBM used capacitor read-only storage (CROS) and transformer read-only storage (TROS) to store microcode...
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Blade server (redirect from High-density server)
basic services to computer devices, other types of devices can also utilize blade enclosures. Blades providing switching, routing, storage, SAN and fibre-channel...
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disk storage device was the IBM 350 which shipped in 1956 as a part of the IBM 305 RAMAC computing system. The random-access, low-density storage of disks...
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Non-volatile memory (redirect from Non-volatile computer storage)
Non-volatile memory (NVM) or non-volatile storage is a type of computer memory that can retain stored information even after power is removed. In contrast...
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Hard disk drive (redirect from Hard disk storage)
introduced by IBM in 1956, and were the dominant secondary storage device for general-purpose computers beginning in the early 1960s. HDDs maintained this position...
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5D optical data storage (also branded as Superman memory crystal, a reference to the Kryptonian memory crystals from the Superman franchise) is an experimental...
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Population density, population per unit land area Urban density, in urban planning and urban design Areal density (computer storage), bits (how computers store...
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Magnetic-core memory (redirect from Magnetic-Core Storage)
loop of certain magnetic materials as a storage or switching device was known from the earliest days of computer development. Much of this knowledge had...
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magnetic and optical recording of disks Magnetic tape data storage Computer storage density List of device bandwidths Solid-state drive RAM disk RAID E...
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spinning optical disc. An older example of optical storage that does not require the use of computers, is microform. There are other means of optically...
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Volatile memory (redirect from Volatile storage)
has several uses including as primary storage. In addition to usually being faster than forms of mass storage such as a hard disk drive, volatility can...
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Floppy disk (redirect from High-Density Disk)
especially with legacy industrial computer equipment, they have been superseded by data storage methods with much greater data storage capacity and data transfer...
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Random-access memory (redirect from Computer RAM memory)
magnetic cores". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2019. "1966: Semiconductor RAMs Serve High-speed Storage Needs". Computer History Museum. Retrieved...
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Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data...
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Static random-access memory (redirect from Static storage)
personal computers such as the ZX80, TRS-80 Model 100, and VIC-20. Some early memory cards in the late 1980s to early 1990s used SRAM as a storage medium...
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once an important form of computer data storage as both paper tape and punch cards were a common staple of working with computers before the 1980s. Before...
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Solid-state drive (redirect from Solid state storage)
of solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuits to store data persistently. It is sometimes called semiconductor storage device, solid-state...
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Disk density is a capacity designation on magnetic storage, usually floppy disks. Each designation describes a set of characteristics that can affect...
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Ferroelectric RAM (section Density)
temperatures). Marked disadvantages of FeRAM are much lower storage densities than flash devices, storage capacity limitations and higher cost. Like DRAM, FeRAM's...
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Drum memory (redirect from Drum storage)
magnetic data storage device invented by Gustav Tauschek in 1932 in Austria. Drums were widely used in the 1950s and into the 1960s as computer memory. Many...
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Memory hierarchy (redirect from Tiered storage)
In computer architecture, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time. Since response time, complexity, and...
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Semiconductor memory (category Computer memory)
digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory. It typically refers to devices in which data is stored...
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Content-addressable memory (redirect from Associative storage)
type of computer memory used in certain very-high-speed searching applications. It is also known as associative memory or associative storage and compares...
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Core rope memory (category Computer memory)
program and data storage in that era. It was later used in the 1960s by early NASA Mars space probes and then in the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), which...
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greater power efficiency. Fully Buffered DIMM ECC memory, a type of computer data storage List of interface bit rates Serial presence detect "Samsung 30 nm...
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USB flash drive (redirect from USB flash storage)
circumstances (shelf storage time). Common uses of USB flash drives are for storage, supplementary back-ups, and transferring of computer files. Compared with...
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