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Secondary Memory
Usually much larger capacity than main memory, non volatile.
- currently from 1GB to 200GB is common
Usually about 100 times slower than main memory
- about 10 milliseconds to locate information (amost 1 million times slower than main memory),
- How do they work?
Technology:
- Hard drives store information with magnetic fields
- CD rom, CD r/w drives use optical information