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Selecting storage and backing up

Computer Studies · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

How to match a device to a job using capacity, speed, portability, durability and cost, and how to keep data through power cuts, theft and fire.

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  • 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
  • A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Primary and secondary storage
  2. Measuring storage capacity
  3. Types of RAM and ROM
  4. Magnetic and optical storage
  5. Solid-state and cloud storage
  6. Selecting storage and backing up