Explanation by: Mr. Dubey

Primary storage: Refers to RAM, cache, and registers – used for temporary data access by the CPU.

  • Secondary storage: Includes hard drives, SSDs, CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives – used for long-term data storage.
  • Tertiary storage: Refers to external archival storage, like magnetic tape libraries, often used for backups.
  • Auxiliary storage: Sometimes used interchangeably with secondary storage, but it's a less common term.

Conclusion:

USB flash drives are a form of secondary storage device, so the correct answer is (B) Secondary.

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