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Secondary Memory |
- Primary memory stores the programs to be executed, holds the
input data that is to be processed and the intermediate results of
any calculation when the processing is being done.
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- secondary memory is used for mass storage or data, information
and programs.
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- Data or information in primary memory are temporary.
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- data or information stored in a secondary memory are stored
permanently
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- The capacity of primary memory is lesser than secondary memory.
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- the capacity of secondary memory is more than primary memory.
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- Primary memory is faster than secondary memory.
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- Secondary memory is slower in comparison with primary memory.
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- Primary is costly than secondary memory.
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- Secondary memory is cheaper than primary memory.
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