what is secondary memory ?

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It is also known as “external or auxiliary memory ”. It stores data & programms permanently. Hence it is non-volatile in nature i.e it retains its contents even when computer is switched off. It has much large capacity (usually in Gigabytes) & much cheaper than primary memory e.g pendrives, floppy disc, hard disc , magnetic tapes, magnetic drams etc.

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