Secondary storage devices are used to save, to back up, and to transport files Over the past several years, data storage capacity has expanded from saving numbers and text to include digital images and video Competent end uses need to know the capabilities, the limitations, and the uses of floppy disks, hard disks, opticak disks, and other types of secondary storage
Permanently save information for: future use; to share info with others; to modify at later date Secondary storage is nonvolatile – stores programs and data as opposed to temporary storage (RAM)