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secondary storage

External storage, such as disk and tape.

secondary storage [′sek·ən‚der·ē ′stȯr·ij]

(computer science)

Any means of storing and retrieving data external to the main computer itself but accessible to the program.

(storage)

secondary storage - Any non-volatile storage medium that is not directly accessible to the processor. Memory directly accessible to the processor includes main memory, cache and the CPU registers. Secondary storage includes hard drives, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD drives, floppy disks, punch cards and paper tape.

Secondary storage devices are usually accessed via some kind of controller. This contains registers that can be directly accessed by the CPU like main memory ("memory mapped"). Reading and writing these registers can cause the device to perform actions like reading a block of data off a disk or rewinding a tape. See also DMA.

Programs and data stored in secondary storage must first be loaded into main memory before the processor can use them.

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One of the most sensible ideas is to have a secondary storage area for your data, well away from your office or other physical presence.

Disaster Recovery & How to Cover Your Network by Navjot Kaur / Computers and Internet community

In addition, it is suitable for secondary storage applications and disk-to-disk backup.

Nexsan launches SATABeast Xi high density storage for Apple Xserve ... by Worldwide Computer Products News

The drawback of this mode of operation is that each write operation has to wait for acknowledgement from both the primary and secondary storage devices, which significantly affects the application performance.

Intelligent switches--moving beyond virtualization by Bakthavathsalam, Ranga / Computer Technology Review

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