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The SSD

The solid-state drive, also known as the SSD, is a piece of hardware that holds and accesses data. It is also (incorrectly) known as the solid-state disk, because it does not utilize a disk mechanism. It uses flash memory, however it is not very similar to a USB jump drive or Adobe Flash. It uses a

Controller

Memory

Cache or Buffer

Battery or Super Capacitor

Host Interface

Describe what it does, how it does it, how it integrates into the system, and a bit of the history of it.
333 words
3 images
3 links to other pages in the wiki
3 references to online articles that are not on Wikipedia or are referred to by the corresponding Wikipedia article.

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-The solid-state drive, also known as the SSD, is a piece of hardware that holds and accesses data. It is also (incorrectly) known as the solid-state disk, because it does not utilize a disk mechanism. It uses flash memory, however it is not very similar to a USB jump drive or Adobe Flash. It uses a
+The <span style=”background-color: #FFFd00″>solid-state drive</span>, also known as the SSD, is a piece of hardware that holds and accesses data. It is also (incorrectly) known as the solid-state disk, because it does not utilize a disk mechanism. It uses flash memory, however it is not very similar to a USB jump drive or Adobe Flash. It uses a
 Controller
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 Host Interface
 Describe what it does, how it does it, how it integrates into the system, and a bit of the history of it.<br />333 words<br />3 images<br />3 links to other pages in the wiki<br />3 references to online articles that are not on Wikipedia or are referred to by the corresponding Wikipedia article.