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40,000 BCE
Stones and walls of caves
Rock paintings have become a way of communicating with others. Early-age rock paintings found on the walls and ceilings of caves were not just decoration of living spaces, because they were often in places that were not easily accessible.
Some theories also suggest that the paintings depict religious beliefs or rites of early man.
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20,000 BCE
Tally Stick
Earliest memory aid device. Tally were used to record and document numbers, quantities or even messaging, especially for financial purposes.
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2000 BCE
Papyrus
The Egyptian began the production of papyrus as a material for writing. Rolls of papyrus were used to describe the last years of the construction of the great pyramid of Giza . Christian writers soon adopted the papyrus as their primary written material.
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1000 BCE
Paper
Paper took place of Papyrus for major uses of writing, printing, packaging etc. Initially developed in China. The knowledge and uses spread through China to the Middle East to medieval Europe.
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Punched tape
Perforated Paper Tape (a.k.a Punched Tape) is a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data. This was widely used during 20th century for telegrams, for input to computers and later as storage medium for minicomputers and CNC. As of today, punched tape use is rare, may be still used in older military systems and by some hobbyists.
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Phonograph
The idea of Phonograph was born due to Thomas Edison`s work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone.
Phonograph was built inside a metal cylinder with tin foil wrapped around it. The machine had two diaphragm and needle units, one for recording, and one for playback.
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Telegraphone
The earliest telephone invented. Valdemar Poulsen, Danish telephone engineer and inventor, patented the Telegraphone in 1898. First time ever magnetized wire was used for sound recording and reproduction.
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Hard Disk
IBM introduced Hard disk drive in 1956 with the IBM 305 computer. This drive had fifty 24 inch platters, with a total capacity of five million characters.
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Music Tape
In 1962, Philips a Dutch technology company introduced Music Tape (Compact Cassette) for audio recording and playback. The Tape was originally intended to be used in dictation machine, but soon after the release of Sony`s Walkman, it became a popular medium for distributing pre-recorded music.
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Floppy disk
Floppy disk is a data storage device, composed of a circular piece of thin, flexible magnetic storage medium enclosed by a square or rectangular plastic wallet.
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CD
A compact disc is an optical disc to store digital data, originally for storing digital studio. The idea of CD was is older than the 1980s. In the 1960s, James T. Russel had the idea to use light for recording and replaying music.
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MiniDisc
MiniDisc (MD) technology was announced by Sony in 1991 and introduced January 12, 1992. It is a disc- based data storage device for storing any kind of data, usually audio.
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Compact Flash
CompactFlash (CF) uses the flash memory in a standardized enclosure to store data. CF comprises both memory and controller, thus can be read by older devices as well.
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DVD
DVD is a bigger, faster CD that can store large video films, than CD audio, still photos, and computer data. DVD is the new generation of optical disc storage technology.
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Multimedia card
Unveiled in 1997 by Siemens and SanDisk, the Multimedia Card (MMC) is a flash memory card standard. It is based on Toshiba`s NAND- based flash memory, and is therefore much smaller than earlier NOR- based memory.
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SD card
Secure Digital ( also known as SD) was developed based on Toshiba`s MMC format with added DRM encryption features and allows faster file transfers.
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Blue-Ray
Blu-ray Disc is next generation optical disc format meant for high definition video (HD) and high data storage, and is one of two competing standards for HD optical media.
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