Question

Please help!!! Compare physical storage and virtual storage. Give an example of each and explain why one type allows computers to access data at a faster rate than the other.

Answer 1

In my own words, physical storage... (physical being the key word) is something that you can touch, e.g. hard drive, USB, blank DVD or CD.

Virtual storage - cloud-based storage. Files are saved/back-up on to the cloud (we don't necessarily need a USB for this), just access to the internet, e.g. Google drive, iCloud.