Computer Science GCSE
Cost against performance
What Cost against performance means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Cost against performance
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Reference: OCR
A trade-off where a device such as a solid-state drive costs more per gigabyte but gives fast access.
Topics that use Cost against performance
- Secondary storage (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Data transfer and backup between systems
- Matching technology to user need
- Volatility and data persistence
- Comparative evaluation
- Magnetic storage
- Non-volatile data storage
- Optical storage
- Secondary storage characteristics
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