‘SOLID STATE’ essentially means ‘no moving parts’.Solid-state storage devices are based on electronic circuits with no moving parts (no reels of tape, no spinning discs, no laser beams, etc.). Solid-state storage devices store data using a special type of memory called flash memory. It stores data electronically instead of magnetically, as spinning hard disk drives (HDDs) or magnetic oxide tape do. An important advantage of solid-state storage is that it contains no mechanical parts, allowing data transfer to and from storage media to take place at a much higher speed and providing a more predictable lifespan for the storage media. Because there are no moving parts, SSDs produce far less heat than HDDs.

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