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Pen Drive

              •  A small, portable device used to store and transfer data like songs, pictures,

                  videos, and documents.
              •  Also called USB drive or flash drive.

              •  Easy to carry, storage capacity ranges from a few GB to much higher.


            Blu-ray Disc

              •  A special type of storage disc used to save very large amounts of data like high-
                  quality movies, videos, and games.

              •  Can hold up to 50 GB or more.                                                    Compcare


                                                                                       First learn Input & Output

                                                                                        devices, then Processing,
                                                                                               then Storage

                CD                DVD           Pen drive           Blue ray             (Primary & Secondary).





                             1.  Computer System = Hardware + Software
                             2.  Input Devices – Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Microphone, Web Camera

                             3.  Processing Device – CPU (Brain of Computer)

                             4.  Output Devices – Monitor (VDU), Printer, Speakers
                             5.  Storage Devices used to store data and instructions in the computer.

                             6.  Primary Storage – RAM & ROM

                                 •  RAM – SRAM, DRAM
                                 •  ROM – PROM, EPROM, EEPROM

                             7.  Secondary Storage – Hard Disk, CD, DVD, Pen Drive, Memory Card,

                                 Blu-ray Disc
                             8.  Printout = Hard Copy

                             9.  Monitor = VDU (Visual Display Unit)

                             10. RAM = Temporary, ROM = Permanent


                      Teacher’s Note

                       Encourage students to write full forms (RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, VDU)
                       regularly for better retention.



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