Question

____ storage is a term that collectively describes hard disks, CDs and flash drives

Answer 1

Secondary or auxiliary storage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Secondary storage devices operate alongside the computer's primary storage including RAM. Secondary storage is for storing large amount of data, from a few kilobytes to the large petabytes. Examples are hard disks, CDs, flash drives, floppy disks e.t.c.

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Answer 2

"Auxiliary memory" , also known as auxiliary storage, secondary storage, secondary memory or external memory :)