Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Which memory cards are available?

Up to this date, there are thirteen basic types of storage media used in digital technology. The most common are several types of memory cards: Compact Flash, CompactFlash Type II, Microdrive, Secure Digital, miniSD, microSD (TransFlash), xD-Picture, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MultiMedia Card, RS-MMC, DV-RS-MMC, microMMC, micro Memory Stick.



one of the new data storage formats. SD-card different from others is very small (32h24h2.1 mm) and the ability to protect information stored on them from being copied. The advantages of flash cards of this type can also include high-speed read / write, enhanced protection of information on the card from accidental erasure or destruction, mechanical strength and low power consumption. It should be noted that despite the volume indicated on the map of free space on it will be less, because a certain amount of memory needed to ensure the copy protection.



Flash Cards miniSD new standard differ from the standard Secure Digital cards smaller (21.5h20h1.4 mm). To ensure the card in devices with conventional SD-card slot, an adapter is provided.

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