3. Differences of Primary and secondary storage Nuramira Alya Lyana Syahida Mas

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Difference between primary & secondary storage Primary - Only large storage media that the CPU can access directly. - Typically high speed relatively small is often volatile. - Sometimes referred to “main memory”. Secondary - slower than primary storage - always has higher storage capacity and is non-volatile

Primary - Only large storage media that the CPU can access directly.

- Typically high speed relatively small is often volatile.

- Sometimes referred to “main memory”.

Secondary - slower than primary storage

- always has higher storage capacity and is non-volatile

Volatile Volatile – Loses its contains when it loses power. Non-volatile does not.

Volatile – Loses its contains when it loses power. Non-volatile does not.