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    The document discusses primary and secondary storage. Primary storage includes RAM, ROM, registers, and cache, which allow for temporary storage of data and programs being used. Secondary storage, like hard drives, is needed for permanent and semi-permanent storage of operating systems, programs, and data when not in primary memory or when the power is off, as primary storage is volatile and ROM is read-only. Tertiary storage provides backup and archiving of large amounts of data.

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    The document discusses primary and secondary storage. Primary storage includes RAM, ROM, registers, and cache, which allow for temporary storage of data and programs being used. Secondary storage, like hard drives, is needed for permanent and semi-permanent storage of operating systems, programs, and data when not in primary memory or when the power is off, as primary storage is volatile and ROM is read-only. Tertiary storage provides backup and archiving of large amounts of data.

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    OCR GCSE

    SLR1.2 Memory and storage (J277)

    The need for secondary storage

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    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    Primary storage

    RAM, ROM,
    Registers & Cache
    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    Primary storage Secondary storage

    RAM, ROM, The operating system,


    Registers & Cache programs and data are held
    here when not in use
    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    Primary storage Secondary storage Tertiary storage

    RAM, ROM, The operating system, Storage used for backing up


    Registers & Cache programs and data are held and archiving of large
    here when not in use amounts of data
    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    ROM CPU

    RAM Hard drive


    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    ROM CPU

    RAM Hard drive


    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    ROM CPU

    RAM Hard drive


    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    Secondary storage

    ROM CPU

    Read only

    RAM Hard drive

    Non-volatile
    Volatile
    Read & Write
    SLR1.2 Memory and storage | The need for secondary storage OCR GCSE (J277)

    • Secondary storage is needed because ROM is ready only and RAM is volatile.
    • Second storage is needed for:
    • Storage of programs and data when the power is turned off.
    • Semi-permanent storage of data that can change.
    • Backup of data files.
    • Archive of data files.

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