We have been trying to differentiate different type of memories in our earlier posts. You may like to have a look at it here. Focus of this post is to chalk out the difference between Primary and Secondary Memory and here it is:
|These are semiconductor memories.||These are magnetic and optical memories.|
|They are characterized as volatile random access memories (RAM) or non-volatile memories (ROM).||They are non-volatile.|
|They contain program and data that is currently being used by micro processor.||These are used to for bulk storage.|
|These memories are fast enough to interact with the microprocessor.||Slower than primary memories.|
|Also known as Main Memory||Also known as Backup Memory or Auxiliary Memory. E.g. Tapes, Floppies, Hard Discs, CD ROMs, DVDs|
The information stored in the secondary memory required by the computer for processing is transferred to micro processor via the primary memory.
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