As is any storage that is made available to the system through
input/output channels. This term refers to any addressable storage that is not within the system memory (RAM). These storage devices hold data and programs for future use and are considered non-volatile storage that retains information even when power is not available. They trade slower read/write rates for increased storage capacity. Auxiliary storage is hard disk drives and optical storage media like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray.
Other auxiliary storage belongs to the peripheral devices category as
well, such as flash drives and any type of memory card. Storage Devices 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. Primary storage devices Secondary storage Alternatively referred to as internal memory, main memory, and primary memory, primary storage is a storage location that holds memory for short periods of times while the computer running. For example, computer RAM and cache are both examples of a primary storage device. This storage is the fastest memory in your computer and is used to store data while it’s being used. For example, when you open a program data is moved from the secondary storage into the primary storage. THANKS