Secondary Storage

File Compression

A process of encoding information using fewer bits. It can be used to compress or shrink a file

Head Crash

A head crash is a hard disk failure that occurs when a read-write head of a hard disk drive touches its rotating platter, resulting in permanent and usually fatal damage to the magnetic media on the platter surface

Internet hard Drive

Internet hard drive offers a means of accessing computer files from any computer, as long as that computer has access to the Internet

Optical Disc drive

Optical disc drive is a disk drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves near the light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs.

Solid-state storage

A data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data