As compared to the secondary storage devices, primary storage units have:

Faster

Costlier

Less storage capacity

All the above

Primary memory is the main memory (Hard disk, RAM) where the operating system resides.
Secondary memory can be external devices like CD, floppy magnetic discs etc.
secondary storage cannot be directly accessed by the CPU and is also external memory storage.

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