“The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.”

-Bill Gates

Today we are going to venture the differences between storage devices. Internal storage, External storage, and Cloud storage devices.

Internal storage is just how it sounds, it’s a device that is built inside your computer. What this allows you to do is, store your files and apps. Flash memory is a prime example of Internal storage. Flash memory is popular throughout all portable devices, and it helps store your data electronically, rather than a magnetic storing hard drive. Electronic storing helps retrieve data much faster than magnetic storing, due to the rapid download into its memory. The only real downside about having an Internal storage device is that if your hard disk fails, you will lose all of your data. However, that is not to say that you can’t prevent this, because you can by having more than one disk.

External storage devices are not built into the computer, they are a device that can be connected to your computer (permanently or not) and have information transferred to it. External storage is the next in line from your main storage system, sometimes referred to as a secondary storage. This type of storage is used to access information that are not used all of the time, like your files. External storage can also be used to move large bits of data to the Cloud.

The Cloud is a database that stores your information using a third party, rather than a secondary or primary storage device. Due to the fact that Cloud is a database rather than a device, it requires internet to be accessed. This type of storage is good because it doesn’t force you to delete files from a full hard drive, and they only charge you for the storage that you use. Businesses also find the Cloud useful, due to its ability to share information. The Cloud allows you to grant access to people and work on projects or assignments together.

Overall, these are just a few examples of what these three storage devices are capable of. There are other websites that will go more in depth about each of their set purposes. Once you figure out those purposes, you can then decide to make a decision on sticking with your internal storage or getting an external storage and maybe even an account on the Cloud.Well, that about wraps up the differences of these three storage devices. So long!