Muscle wasting, also called muscle atrophy, is the weakening or loss of muscle tissue. Muscle wasting causes a significant decrease in muscle strength and the ability to move the muscle, according to MedlinePlus. In a healthy individual, muscle wasting can occur as result of the lack of physical exercise.
Primary Storage Device. Alternatively referred to as internal memory, main memory, and primary memory, a primary storage device is a medium that holds memory for short periods of time while a computer is running.
Examples of Primary Storage Devices. The two key categories of storage as it relates to your computer are primary storage and secondary storage. Primary storage also goes by the names main storage, main memory or internal memory. Examples of primary storage in your computer are random access memory and cache memory.