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• Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a
technology consisting of computer components and recording
media used to retain digital data. It is a core function and
fundamental component of computers.
• The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer is what
manipulates data by performing computations. In practice, almost
all computers use a storage hierarchy, which puts fast but expensive
and small storage options close to the CPU and slower but larger
and cheaper options farther away. Often the fast, volatile
technologies (which lose data when powered off) are referred to as
"memory", while slower permanent technologies are referred to as
"storage", but these terms can also be used interchangeably. In
the Von Neumann architecture, the CPU consists of two main
parts: control unit and arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The former
controls the flow of data between the CPU and memory; the latter
performs arithmetic and logical operations on data.

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computer science

  • 1.
  • 2. • Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. It is a core function and fundamental component of computers. • The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer is what manipulates data by performing computations. In practice, almost all computers use a storage hierarchy, which puts fast but expensive and small storage options close to the CPU and slower but larger and cheaper options farther away. Often the fast, volatile technologies (which lose data when powered off) are referred to as "memory", while slower permanent technologies are referred to as "storage", but these terms can also be used interchangeably. In the Von Neumann architecture, the CPU consists of two main parts: control unit and arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The former controls the flow of data between the CPU and memory; the latter performs arithmetic and logical operations on data.