The most common type of storage devices are_________?

A. magnetic storage
B. Flash memory
C. optical
D. Both A & B

A storage device is any hardware capable of holding information either temporarily or permanently. The most common type of storage devices are Both Magnetic storage & Flash memory.

Magnetic storage devices:
Today, magnetic storage is one of the most common types of storage used with computers. This technology found mostly on extremely large HDDs or hybrid hard drives.

here are some examples of some Magnetic storage devices

• Floppy diskette
• Hard drive
• Magnetic strip
• SuperDisk
• Tape cassette
• Zip diskette

Optical storage devices:

Another common storage was optical storage, which uses lasers and lights as its method of reading and writing data. it was most common but it has been replaced by Flash Memory. flash memory is very fast in speed, reliable and cheaper.

• Blu-ray disc
• CD-ROM disc
• CD-R and CD-RW disc.
• DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW disc.

Flash memory:
Flash memory has replaced most magnetic and optical media as it becomes cheaper because it is the more efficient and reliable solution. before Flash Memory the optical storage was most common but now Flash Memory has replaced it and its currently most used storage devices.

• USB flash drive, jump drive, or thumb drive.
• CF (CompactFlash)
• M.2
• Memory card
• MMC
• NVMe
• SDHC Card
• SmartMedia Card
• Sony Memory Stick
• SD card
• SSD
• xD-Picture Card