Question

________________ is also called auxiliary storage.

(a) secondary memory

(b) tertiary memory

(c) primary memory

(d) cache memory

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Answer 1

Right choice is (a) secondary memory

To elaborate: The secondary memory which allows us to store a large amount of data is often referred to as the auxiliary memory. It generally stores large amount of data on a permanent basis.