What do you mean by storage media? Why CD-ROM are more reliable than floppy diskettes. [HSEB 2057]

= A data storage system has two components:
(a) Storage medium (media), and
(b) Storage device.
a) Storage medium is the disk, tape, CD, DVD, paper, or any other substance that contains data.
b) A storage device is the mechanical apparatus that records and retrieves data from a storage medium. E.g. FDD, HDD etc.
In computers, a storage medium is any technology used to place, keep and retrieve data. Storage media is the plural form of storage medium.
CD-ROM is more reliable than floppy disk because CD-ROM stores more data than a floppy disk. The data stored on the CD-ROM cannot by changed by the user. It can store a large volume of data up to 650 MB, whereas the storing capacity of floppy disk is 1.44 MB.