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Storage device — OCR GCSE Computer Science Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Computer Science · key term

Storage device

Definition

Hardware that reads data from or writes data to a storage medium. Some devices contain their medium; others use removable media.

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OCR GCSE Computer Science · J277

Paper 1

It helps to distinguish a storage medium, the material holding the data, from a storage device, the hardware that reads or writes it. A DVD is a medium placed in a DVD drive. In an SSD, the memory chips holding the data are contained within the device.
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