Hardware Components of a Computer

  1. The Storage (also Secondary Storage) component of the computer permanently stores data (until you decide to delete it.)
    1. Hard disk drives have higher storage capacity, are cheap, but are slower.
    2. Solid-state drives are faster and use less power but are more expensive.
    The front of a rectangular, metal-cased Hard Disk Drive box. Western Digital, WD1600AAJs, 160GB, 3.5'' long, Thailand.

    A hard disk drive. Miriam Briskman, CC BY-NC 4.0.

    A man holding a rectangular chip using one hand's thumb and index fingers.

    A solid-state drive. By David290, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

These notes by Miriam Briskman are licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 and based on sources.