solid state drive
Chipless spinning storage
A solid state drive is a data storage device that uses flash memory chips rather than the spinning magnetic platters found in traditional hard drives.
Because it has no moving parts, an SSD is faster, quieter, and more resistant to physical shock.
Often abbreviated SSD: I upgraded my laptop with an SSD and boot times dropped to seconds.
- SSDChip-based storage device
- flashBrief burst of light
- flash memoryErasable non-volatile semiconductor storage
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- storage capacityRoom for data
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- drivesSSD, memory stick, floppy disk, RAID, overdrive
- Flash Storageflash memory, NAND, SSD, SD card, microSD
- disk driveshard disk, HDD, SSD
- portable storageUSB stick, memory stick, USB key, removable storage, memory card
solid state drivehard disk drive
Magnetic spinning storage device
HDD · hard drive · mechanical drive · spinning disk · tape drive
solid state driveRAM
Temporary data storage hardware
volatile memory · DRAM · random access memory · cache memory · SRAM
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