It is nonvolatile, if you turn off the computer, the disc is not erased. (if you have a dvd bluray or cd and you turn off the cd, dvd, or bluray player the songs or movie on the disc is not erased). It does not use electrons to store data, it uses grooves and bumps in the disc and is read with a laser
the hard disk drive is considered a nonvolatile storage device
A volatile storage example is RAM (Random Access Memory), which loses its data when the power is turned off. Unlike nonvolatile storage, such as hard drives or SSDs, RAM is used for temporary data storage while a device is operating. Therefore, RAM is not considered nonvolatile storage.
Yes It retains information even when powered down. vs RAM which is a volatile storage device because the information is lost when it's powered down.
Yes It retains information even when powered down. vs RAM which is a volatile storage device because the information is lost when it's powered down.
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is Non Volatile storage device (permanent). It is also considered as Secondary storage device. Secondary storage devices are always non volatile. Primary storage devices like Ram are volatile (temporary).
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is Non Volatile storage device (permanent). It is also considered as Secondary storage device. Secondary storage devices are always non volatile. Primary storage devices like Ram are volatile (temporary).
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is Non Volatile storage device (permanent). It is also considered as Secondary storage device. Secondary storage devices are always non volatile. Primary storage devices like Ram are volatile (temporary).
magnetic storage device
No, its not an optical storage device.
No, they are permanent storage devices, only RAM is volatile storage device.
Its a store device and it is non volatile memory
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