Magnetic storage makes use of a magnetisable ... such as mobile phones and MP3 players, all make use of solid state storage devices. These have no moving parts, which means they can: Be smaller ...

solid state storage devices, such as USB memory sticks optical storage devices, such as CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs magnetic storage devices, such as hard disk drives Solid state storage is a ...

Further this course will give the student enough background in magnetism and magnetic materials to understand WHY particular materials are favored. The course will also briefly overview other ...

A storage device that uses moving parts, such as a magnetic tape, magnetic disk or optical disc. The term is commonly used to contrast hard disks with all-electronic solid state drives (SSDs).

A direct access storage device that is written and read by light. The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable media, optical discs superseded the earlier magnetic disk cartridges ...