Storage Devices

Two main categories of storage technology used today are magnetic storage and optical storage.


 Primary magnetic storage 

• Diskettes 
• Hard disks (both fixed and removable) 
• High capacity floppy disks 
• Disk cartridges 
• Magnetic tape 

Primary optical storage 

• Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD ROM) 
• Digital Video Disk Read Only Memory (DVD ROM) 
• CD Recordable (CD R) 
• CD Rewritable (CD RW) 
• Photo CD