Data Storage Devices

One gig, two gigs, three gigs, four, Flash drives save just more and more! Learn the basics of peripheral data storage devices in this BrainPOP UK technology extravaganza. In this educational, animated movie Tim and Moby will tell you about binary, the special language made of 1’s and 0’s that all digital devices use to communicate and store data. They’ll also demystify bits and bytes for you, explaining just how much code these units of binary measurement represent. Next, you’ll find out about optical media like CDs and DVDs, how they store data as microscopic bumps, and how a player reads that data using a laser. Tim will also teach you about USB flash memory, the kind of storage used in those handy thumb drives, and how those solid state drives are related to the memory cards you might find in a digital camera. So save whatever you’re working on and check out this movie!

Related movies: Computer, Compact discs/dvd, Binary, Analogue and Digital Recording

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