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=== Drive ===

A drive, or sometimes disk, is a device that contains data, for long periods of time. This is different from RAM, which only stores memory temporarily. The main tradeoff being that reading and writing to a drive is much slower than RAM. Drives can come in many forms, such as [[Glossary#SSD|SSD]], [[Glossary#HDD|HDD]], [[Glossary#(e)MMC|eMMC]], etc. The term drive can be a bit confusing though, as drives used to refer to devices with removable media, like [[Glossary#CD|CD]], [[Glossary#Floppy Disk|Floppy]], and even old Hard Disks. In present day though, drives rarely have removable media. The media itself cannot be read or interacted ~~without~~ without the hardware to ''drive'' it, which is why it ~~was~~ called a drive.

A drive, or sometimes disk, is a device that contains data, for long periods of time. This is different from RAM, which only stores memory temporarily. The main tradeoff being that reading and writing to a drive is much slower than RAM. Drives can come in many forms, such as [[Glossary#SSD|SSD]], [[Glossary#HDD|HDD]], [[Glossary#(e)MMC|eMMC]], etc. The term drive can be a bit confusing though, as drives used to refer to devices with removable media, like [[Glossary#CD|CD]], [[Glossary#Floppy Disk|Floppy]], and even old Hard Disks. In present day though, drives rarely have removable media. The media itself cannot be read or interacted with without the hardware to ''drive'' it, which is why it is called a drive.

=== RAM ===

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 === Drive ===
-A drive, or sometimes disk, is a device that contains data, for long periods of time. This is different from RAM, which only stores memory temporarily. The main tradeoff being that reading and writing to a drive is much slower than RAM. Drives can come in many forms, such as [[Glossary#SSD|SSD]], [[Glossary#HDD|HDD]], [[Glossary#(e)MMC|eMMC]], etc. The term drive can be a bit confusing though, as drives used to refer to devices with removable media, like [[Glossary#CD|CD]], [[Glossary#Floppy Disk|Floppy]], and even old Hard Disks. In present day though, drives rarely have removable media. The media itself cannot be read or interacted without without the hardware to ''drive'' it, which is why it was called a drive.
+A drive, or sometimes disk, is a device that contains data, for long periods of time. This is different from RAM, which only stores memory temporarily. The main tradeoff being that reading and writing to a drive is much slower than RAM. Drives can come in many forms, such as [[Glossary#SSD|SSD]], [[Glossary#HDD|HDD]], [[Glossary#(e)MMC|eMMC]], etc. The term drive can be a bit confusing though, as drives used to refer to devices with removable media, like [[Glossary#CD|CD]], [[Glossary#Floppy Disk|Floppy]], and even old Hard Disks. In present day though, drives rarely have removable media. The media itself cannot be read or interacted with without the hardware to ''drive'' it, which is why it is called a drive.
 === RAM ===