Computer Data Storage

It is only used for retaining analog data

It is a peripheral component of computers

It is not necessary for computers to function

It is a core function of computers (correct)

To provide fast and expensive storage options

To distinguish between processing and memory (correct)

To provide slow and inexpensive storage options

To manipulate data by performing computations

As rotations of gears

As digital data on computer components

As displacements of rods in shuttles (correct)

As analog data on recording media

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