Storage

****Storage****

 * HD || Hard Drive; sealed-case magnetic disk permanent storage. IDE or SATA technology. ||
 * CD-ROM || Compact Disk Read Only Memory. Permanent optical storage disk, factory pressed. ||
 * flash || non-volatile state memory ||
 * bit || basic unit of information, true or false, 0 or 1 ||
 * byte || 8 bits ||
 * kilobyte || 1024 bytes; round to 1000 bytes ||
 * megabyte || 1,048,576 bytes; round to 1,000,000 ||
 * gigabyte || 1,073,741,824 bytes; round to 1,000,000,000 ||
 * terabyte || 1,099,511,627,776 bytes; round to 1,000,000,000,000 ||
 * petabyte || one quadrillion bytes ||
 * boot sector || portion of storage that is set aside to start the machine ||