Solid state disk

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A solid state disk (often given as the acronym, SSD) is a mass storage peripheral which does not use conventional magnetic storage, with mechanical components, for storing data; instead it stores data in semiconductor memory, i.e. in solid state technology (hence the name).

There may be an additional conventional disk, using magnetic storage, for data retention, if the semiconductor memory is volatile memory.