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2 marksCloud Storage vs. Local Storage

CSEC Information Technology · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 2(b)

John has an external hard drive with a capacity of 1 terabyte (TB) and Mary has a USB flash drive with a capacity of 16 gigabytes (GB). Calculate how many flash drives of information, similar to Mary's, can be accommodated on John's external hard drive.

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  5. 2(c)(ii)For Random Access Memory, indicate whether it is a secondary or primary storage media.[1 mark]
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