Talk:Secondary storage

Can I know how does the secondary storage work? it's history? examples and capacity

This should stay - should not be moved
"Secondary storage" or, better "secondary memory" is not absolutely the same as "mass storage" or "data storage device".

"Secondary memory/storage" simply implies that it is not primary - ie. that the CPU can not access it directly and that its content must be brought to "primary memory/storage" before it can be acted upon. It does not have to be "mass" storage (consider smart cards, floppy diskettes, etc.).

I agree, this article should be kept "as it is." It is important to note the difference between "Secondary" and "Mass Storage"


 * If the difference is so important, would you mind giving us a clue? Is there a significant difference between "secondary memory" and "mass storage? What do you think that difference is? From inspection of the (current) articles, a person might come to the conclusion that they are the same thing.
 * Even if "mass storage" is merely one of several different categories of secondary storage, it still might be a good idea to describe both of them in one article. (Similar to the way shadow ram doesn't have its own seperate article, but is described in the RAM article). If the distinction can be completely described in one paragraph, perhaps it would be better to merge all the information (including that one paragraph) into one article, rather than (the current situation) pretty much the same information being poorly duplicated across 2 articles, or (slightly better) most of the information concentrated in one article, but the other article becoming a one-paragraph stub. --75.37.227.177 03:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)