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The Floppy Disk/Diskette/Memory Disk
The world's first floppy disk was introduced in an 8-inch format. "Most people know that the floppy disk was developed in 1967 by a team led by Alan Shugart at IBM. However, you can also give its ideation and invention credit to Yoshiro Nakamatsu, a Japanese inventor" History-Computer.com. From the 1970s - 1990s, floppy disks enabled users to distribute software, transfer data, and create backups in a removable storage format for personal computers. -
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The Floppy Disk/Diskette
The world's first floppy disk was introduced in an 8-inch format. "Most people know that the floppy disk was developed in 1967 by a team led by Alan Shugart at IBM. However, you can also give its ideation and invention credit to Yoshiro Nakamatsu, a Japanese inventor" History-Computer.com. The floppy disk enabled users to distribute software, transfer data, and create backups in a removable storage format for personal computers. -
3.5" Floppy Disk/Diskette
"The 3.5-inch floppy disk format was the last mass-produced format, replacing 5.25-inch floppies by the mid-1990s. It was more durable than previous floppy formats since the packaging was rigid plastic with a sliding metal shutter" computerhistory.org. -
CD-RW
The CD-R was adapted from the CD (compact disk) format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In 1997 the CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) was introduced as an alternative to the floppy disk for storing digital data. Data stored on the CD-RW can be written, erased and re-written.
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USB / Flashdrive
"Several companies claim to be the first to have invented the USB Flash Drive in 1998 through 2000" usb-flash-drive.blogspot.com.
"Ajay Bhatt, a computer Architect from Intel is credited with developing the standard USB interface" usbmakers.com.
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The "Cloud"
The inception of the modern-day cloud was realized by Amazon Web Services (AWS) launching its public cloud in 2002 bcs.org. The cloud would become an accessible and cost effective resource, for storing digital data, networking, and organization.