Data storage
3.3What the syllabus asks of you
- Understand what is meant by primary storage
- Understand what is meant by secondary storage
- Describe the operation of magnetic, optical and solid-state (flash memory) storage and give examples of each
- Describe what is meant by virtual memory, how it is created and used and why it is necessary
- Understand what is meant by cloud storage
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of storing data on the cloud in comparison to storing it locally
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Chapter 3: Data storage
Drill this topic
All 27 questions on Data storage, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
27 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.