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Secondary Storage is storage that is used to store long term information, as it is not lost when a computer is powered off. The most common would be a Hard Disk Drive (HDD), followed by Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), Compact Disk (CD), Secure Digital (SD) Memory Cards, Flash Memory (USB Drives), Solid State Drives (SSD) and Floppy Disks

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Q: What are the five most used secondary storage devices give acronyms and meanings for them?
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