alleryStart learning →Which pair is usually used as secondary storage in modern computers?
AHard disks and SSDs
BRegisters and cache
CDRAM and SRAM chips
DBIOS chips and ROMs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Hard disks and SSDs
Hard disk drives and solid-state drives are the usual secondary storage, whereas registers, cache and DRAM are primary.
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