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Mass Storage Basics
A mass-storage device is electronic hardware that stores information and
supports a protocol for sending and retrieving the information over a hard-
ware interface. The information can be anything that can be stored electron-
ically: executable programs, source code, documents, images, spreadsheet
numbers, database entries, data logger output, configuration data, or other
text or numeric data. Mass-storage devices typically store information in
files. A file system defines how the files are organized in the storage media.
In Windows computers, mass-storage devices appear as drives in My Com-
puter. From Windows Explorer, users can copy, move, and delete files in the
devices. Program code can access files using file-system APIs or .NET's File
class.
When to Use a Storage Device
Implementing a mass-storage function is a solution for systems that need to
read or write moderate to large amounts of data.
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