External storage
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In computing, external storage refers to non-volatile (secondary) data storage outside a computer's own internal hardware, and thus can be readily disconnected and accessed elsewhere. Such storage devices may refer to removable media (e.g. punched paper, magnetic tape, floppy disk and optical disc), compact flash drives (USB flash drive and memory card), portable storage devices (external solid state drive and enclosured hard disk drive), or network-attached storage.[1][2] Web-based cloud storage is the latest technology for external storage.[3][4]
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This article is about external storage devices. For external storage in the context of data structures, see External and internal storage.