Secondary Storage - Definition
Secondary Storage is the non-volatile or semi-permanent storage in your computer for holding files and information until it is needed. Secondary Storage includes devices like Hard Drives, Floppies, CD-ROMS and Tape Drives. As opposed to Primary Storage, which is the volatile or temporary storage (RAM) that the CPU uses for processing data and instructions, when the computer is shut off or loses power, all data in Primary Storage is lost but anything in Secondary Storage is retained.
Top Reasons To Wipe Away Your Internet History
- Information about all the web sites you have visited is stored on your computer!
- Every image you have ever viewed, sent or received over the Internet is stored on your system!
- There is a record of every program that you have ever downloaded or used on your hard drive!
- Pressing the delete button and emptying the recycle bin does NOT completely delete your files!
- Cleaning your History Files improves the speed of your computer and frees valuable disk space!
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