Computer Studies Year 7

Storage Devices

ACTIVITY SHEET (Hard)

(You can use a word processor for this task if you wish.)

TASK 1
Look up the Internet (e.g. www.howstuffworks.com) to find out more information about storage devices. Arrange the following storage media: a) In order of speed, starting with the fastest b) In order of storage capacity, starting with the largest DVD, floppy disk, CD-ROM, hard disk, Zip disks, Jaz disks. For each of these storage media, give a typical storage capacity.

TASK 2

Describe common backing storage media How they are used Types of access (e.g. serial/sequential, direct/random) and access speeds. Advantages and Disadvantages

Types of Storage Devices: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) Magnetic tapes CD ROM: CD R CD RW DVD ROM DVD R DVD RWs Floppy discs and hard discs, Zip discs, Jaz discs, Memory sticks, Flash memory.