Computer temporary and permanent storage devices?

Answer 1

Temporary storage is ram, or memory, reason it is temporary is that when you switch the computer off, all information that was stored in memory is now gone.

Permanent storage would be the original type of ROM. It was written to once and could never be changed. That was mainly used for BIOS instructions. While hard drives are non-volatile, meaning they don't need power to retain their memory, they are not permanent.

Nonvolatile storage is hard drives (both internal and external), CD's, DVDs, floppies, USB devices (including flash memory), because data that is stored on these devices remain there until physically changed, or deleted. The data is not lost when the power is turned off.

Answer 2

In most cases it is a hard drive, although many alternative now exist, including Solid State drives.

Actually, it is ROM. ROM means read-only memory. However, most BIOS instructions are in nonvolatile memory these days. That means you can write to it easily like RAM, but it will retain the data until it is overwritten. There really isn't any permanent storage device in a computer these days, technically speaking. Hard drives are writable, many times, and you can change the data whenever you want. So it isn't permanent in the strictest since, but it will hold it for a long time or until it crashes.

Answer 3

It can be both, but in general it is permanent storage, as opposed to data on RAM which is temporary.

Answer 4

primary storage: ram ,rom

secondary storage: floppy disc, cd, dvd,pen drives

Answer 5

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