Can someone please explain to me some computer terminology and the differences?

what's the difference between SSD and HDD? What is an SSD? We’ll make no assumptions here and keep this article on a level that anyone can understand. You might be shopping for a computer and simply wondering what the heck SSD actually means? To begin, SSD stands for Solid State Drive. You’re probably familiar with USB memory sticks - SSD can be thought of as an oversized and more sophisticated version of the humble USB memory stick. Like a memory stick, there are no moving parts to an SSD. Rather, information is stored in microchips. Conversely, a hard disk drive uses a mechanical arm with a read/write head to move around and read information from the right location on a storage platter. This difference is what makes SSD so much faster. As an analogy, what’s quicker? Having to walk across the room to retrieve a book to get information or simply magically having that book open in front of you when you need it? That’s how an HDD compares to an SSD; it simply requires more physical labor (mechanical movement) to get information. What is an HDD? Hard Disk Drives, or HDD in techno-parlance, have been around for donkey's years relative to the technology world. HDDs were first introduced by IBM in 1956 - yes folks this is nearly 60-year old technology, thank goodness vacuum tubes for TVs didn’t last so long! An HDD uses magnetism to store data on a rotating platter. A read/write head floats above the spinning platter reading and writing data. The faster the platter spins, the faster an HDD can perform. Typical laptop drives today spin at either 5400 RPM (Revolutions per Minute) or 7200RPM, though some server-based platters spin at up to 15,000 RPM! why is SSD faster SSDs have no moving parts and are entirely electronic, so they've completely eliminated all of the mechanical vulnerabilities of disk drives. I believe that the biggest likelihood of data loss probably stems from the drive firmware, which has to be quite complex in order to effectively manage wear leveling and performance optimization across all of the flash memory cells. For that reason it may be wise to avoid brand new designs or new firmware versions in favour of those that have proven themselves for a least a little while. what's the difference between GB and TB? what are they? GB (gigabyte) and TB (terabyte) are units of measurement for storage size. Another common measure is MB (megabyte). 1024MB = 1GB and 1024GB = 1TB. So for instance, a 500GB hard drive has approximately 1/2 the capacity of a 1TB hard drive. what is RAM? RAM (pronounced ramm) is an acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computers and other devices, such as printers. i hope through this solution you can understand about all thing

ok to start off lets talk some terms.... GB = gigabyte (the standard form of storage measurement ) TB = terrebyte (GB bigger brother 1024 GB = 1 TB) SSD = solid state drive HDD = hard disc drive (hard drive) RAM = random access memory (you don't need to worry about the RAM abbreviation for this question the best to do is to wiki it as there is too much to put on here) ok so the reason why SSD's are faster is b/c they have to moving parts. there work with electricity surging through small modules of storage and going back. its literally as fast as electricity. they are harder to manufacture and they are better so they will cost more. HDD's have discs and a needle (much like a record player but the needle moves in both directions) and as the disc spins the needle move and it gets the info off the magnetized disc. so it has to come across the right point to get the info so there fore more random and slower. i explain the difference between GB and TB above. no. the amount of GB's in SSD's is smaller than that of HDD's b/c a small storage module cannot hold as much data as a disc :/ you might pay 50$ for a 1TB HDD but 800$ for a 1TB SSD. this is a bit more difficult.... RAM is the memory in you computer. it basically is what applications use to run. an application will say "look for file xxx.class" and its will look for that data and process it though the GB's of RAM. when you allocate memory to an application its saying "you can compute this much memory at this one time" so if you allocate 2GB to a game, it will run really fast! as far as the difference in GB's in storage devices (SSD's and HDD's) is that it doesn't store things on the modules it just runs them through it. ei. you can't physically get more than 64GB's of memory or a little more with crazy motherboards. as with a storage device you easily get 1TB of storage. (the reason why they don't put more on cards of RAM is that its very high quality and expensive.) and yes. all the things above are hardware. the difference between hardware and software is literal. hardware you can touch software you can't ( such as an operating system or application)! simple as that! whenever you get frustrated on computer related items go to the internet like you did, its the best way to avoid frustration. p.s. i might be wrong about the workings of ram you may want to have a look at wikipedia before you go telling people and look foolish as i might have done so here :P sorry for the long answer but you pretty much touched on a lot of subjects about hardware haha

what's the difference between SSD and HDD? An SSD has no moving parts and is faster than an HDD that has used spinning glasses discs and why is SSD faster? Because it doesn't have moving parts what's the difference between GB and TB? what are they? A TB is 1000 GB and they are just measuring increments to measure data kinda like centimeters and meters is the amount of GB in an SSD the same thing as the amount of GB in an external hard drive? Yes they are the same what is RAM? RAM also known as random access memory is the memory that hold temporary information and is deleted when power is lost. The more ram a device has makes the device faster in most cases and what is GB in ram then? Higher GB means that the ram can process more temporary files and commands and it's faster than smaller and what's the difference between that and the GB in an SSD or HDD? GB is the same in anything because it is just a measuring is all the things mentioned above hardware or software? Hardware