1. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Data Storage Internal & External

2. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker What do we do with all this data? YouTube - Data Storage Solutions: Handling Data Growth

3. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Internal Storage RAM the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs, and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor operating systemprocessor

4. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Internal Storage Hard Drive

5. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Internal Storage RAID redundant array of independent disks; (originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard diskshard disk

6. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Internal Storage Network A group of two or more computer systems linked together. There are many types of computer networks, including:computer systemscomputernetworks local-area networks (LANs) : The computers are geographically close together (that is, in the same building).local-area networks (LANs) wide-area networks (WANs) : The computers are farther apart and are connected by telephone lines or radio waves.wide-area networks (WANs) home-area networks (HANs): A network contained within a user's home that connects a person's digital devices.home-area networks (HANs)

7. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage Floppy 8-inch: The first floppy disk design, invented by IBM in the late 1960s and used in the early 1970s 5¼-inch: The common size for PCs made before 1987 and the predecessor to the 8-inch floppy disk.PCs 3½-inch:”Floppy” encased in a rigid envelope; a larger storage capacity than their cousins -- from 400K to 1.4MB of data

8. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage Zip Drive A zip drive is a type of removal disk storage capable of holding a moderate amount of computer information.computer

9. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage Optical Drive Optical drives retrieve and/or store data on optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray discs) which hold much more information than classic portable media options like the floppy disk.floppy disk

10. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage USB

11. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage External HD

12. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker External Storage Cloud Storage A typical cloud storage system includes a master control server and several storage servers.

13. September 23, 2010Suzanne Baker Bibliography YouTube SearchMobileComputing.com SearchStorage.com Newegg.com Webopedia.com Google Images WiseGeek.com About.com: PC Support