Storage hardware
Terms related to storage hardware, including definitions about solid state drives and words and phrases about hard disk drives, tape drives, disk arrays and tiered storage.- Flash - Flash, a popular authoring software developed by Macromedia, is used to create vector graphics-based animation programs with full-screen navigation interfaces, graphic illustrations, and simple interactivity in an antialiased, resizable file format that is small enough to stream across a normal modem connection.
- flash controller (flash memory controller) - A flash controller is the part of solid-state flash memory that communicates with the host device and manages the flash file system directory.
- flash file system - Flash file systems are designed specifically for memory devices.
- flash memory - Flash memory, also known as flash storage, is a type of nonvolatile memory that erases data in units called blocks.
- flash solid-state drive (SSD) - A flash solid-state drive (SSD) is a non-volatile storage device that stores persistent data in flash memory.
- flash storage - Flash storage is any type of drive, repository or system that uses flash memory to keep data for an extended period of time.