Examples of Storage Device
• Magnetic Storage Device – one of the most popular types of storage used.
o Floppy diskette – A normal 3 ½ inch disk can store 1.44 MB of data.
o Hard drive – An internal hard drive is the main storage device in a computer. An
external hard drive is also known as removable hard drive. It is used to store
portable data and backups.
o Magnetic strip – Magnetic tape drive stores video and audio using magnetic tape,
like tape and video tape recorders.
o Super disk – A disk drive and diskette that can hold 120 MB and 240 MB of data.
o Cassette tape – A magnetic storage device used for audio recording and playback.
o Zip diskette – Like a floppy diskette but more advanced.
• Optical Storage Device – uses lasers and lights as its mode of saving and retrieving data.
o Blu-ray disc – A digital optical storage device which was intended to replace the
DVD format.
o CD-ROM disc – An optical storage device that is read-only or cannot be modified
nor deleted.
o CD-R and CD-RW disc – CD-R is a recordable disc that can be written to once,
while CD-RW is a rewritable disc that can be written to multiple times.
o DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW disc – DVD-R and DVD+R are
recordable discs that can be written to once, while DVD-RW and DVD+RW are
rewritable discs that can be written to multiple times. The difference between the +
and – is in the formatting and compatibility.
• Flash Memory Device – is now replacing magnetic storage device as it is economical, more
functional and dependable.
o Memory card – An electronic flash memory device used to store digital information
and commonly used in mobile electronic devices.
o Memory stick – A memory card that is removable.
o SSD – Solid State Drive – A flash memory device that uses integrated circuit
assemblies to save data steadily.
o USB flash drive, jump drive or thumb drive – A small, portable storage device
connected through the USB port.
• Online and Cloud – is now becoming widespread as people access data from different
devices.
o Cloud storage – Data is managed remotely and made available over a network.
Basic features are free to use but upgraded version is paid monthly as a per
consumption rate.
o Network media – Audio, Video, Images or Text that are used on a computer
network. A community of people create and use the content shared over the
internet.
• Paper Storage – method used by early computers for saving information.
o OMR – stands for Optical Mark Recognition – A process of capturing marked data
of human from forms like surveys and tests. It is used to read questionnaires with
multiple choices that are shaded.
o Punch card – A piece of hard paper used to contain digital information coming
from the perforated holes. The presence or absence of holes in predetermined
positions define the data.
