Solid State Drive (SSD)

The Solid-State Drive (SSD) is not a hard drive in the classical meaning, but a storage medium that uses semiconductor memory to store data. SSD storage media can be used both externally and internally on or in a computer. SSD storage media are very robust, have little wear and have a high speed when reading and writing data. Unlike normal hard disks, SSDs have no moving parts. SSDs are read out via the SATA interface, for example. There are also SSDs that have a PCIe interface and can then be used as a plug-in card.