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OCR: 4-14 WOD PUTER FIL ES AND DATA STORAGE Storage Technologies Then it comes to computer storage, users have two questions: MOH much data can store? How fast can I access it? The answers to these questions depend on the stor- age medium and the storage device. storage medium i (storage media is the plural) the tape paded or substance that contains storage device is the mechanical apparatus that records and retrieves the data from the storage medium. When we want tc refer storage dev ice pue the media uses we can USe the term storage technolocy The process of storing data is often referred to as writing data or saving file because the storage device writes the data on the storage medium to save for later use The process of retriev ing data c often referred to reading data loading data opening ...