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Differentiate between primary memory and secondary memory

Posted by Monalisa Nayak 1 year, 8 months ago

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Preeti Dabral 1 year, 8 months ago

<th>BASIS FOR COMPARISON</th> <th>PRIMARY MEMORY</th> <th>SECONDARY MEMORY</th>

Basic	Primary memory is directly accessible by Processor/CPU.	Secondary memory is not directly accessible by CPU.
Altered Name	Main memory.	Auxiliary memory.
Data	Instructions or data to be currently executed are copied to main memory.	Data to be permanently stored is kept in secondary memory.
Volatility	Primary memory is usually volatile.	Secondary memory is non-volatile.
Formation	Primary memories are made of semiconductors.	Secondary memories are made of magnetic and optical material.
Access Speed	Accessing data from primary memory is faster.	Accessing data from secondary memory is slower.
Access	Primary memory is accessed by the data bus.	Secondary memory is accessed by input-output channels.
Size	The computer has a small primary memory.	The computer has a larger secondary memory.
Expense	Primary memory is costlier than secondary memory.	Secondary memory is cheaper than primary memory
Memory	Primary memory is an internal memory.	Secondary memory is an external memory.

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