The Storage Media

The storage media are the data storage devices that are used in the computers to store the data. The computer has many types of data storage devices. Some of them can be classified as the removable data Storage Devices and the others as the non removable data Storage Devices.
The data Storage Devices come in many sizes and shapes. And more over the technology used for the storage of the data over them is also altogether different. The storage devices are one of the most important components of the computer system. The memory is of two types; one is the primary memory and the other one is the secondary memory.
The size of the storage media is also of importance. The size is considered in terms of the physical dimensions and also that of the memory capacity. It should be easier to transfer the data easily. As the size decreases physically the rate or the price tag shoots up. Similarly the rate is much higher in case of the size in terms of the capacity of the storage media.
The examples of storage media is Floppy Disks,Hard Disks,CD's,Memory cards,USB Flash Drives,DVD's and so on.