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the first storage device
the name was the Williams-Kilburn tube, Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn made the device. it was introduced in 1947. it used a cathode ray tube to store bits as dots on the screen’s surface. Each dot lasted a fraction of a second before fading so the information was constantly refreshed. -
Magnetic drum memory
the name is atlas and the US navy paid some Engineering Research Associates to make them a storage device. it was introduced in 1950. this storage device used a magnetic drum memory can store information on the outside of a rotating cylinder coated with ferromagnetic material and circled by read/write heads in fixed positions. -
UNIVAC UNISERVO tape drive
the name of the storage device is called the "UNISERVO" tape drive. UNIVAC made the storage device and it was introduced in 1951. It was the first tape storage device for a commercial computer, and the relative low cost, portability and unlimited offline capacity of magnetic tape made it very popular. -
IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive
the name was the IBM 1311 Disk. it was introduced in October 11, 1962.the IBM 1311 was the first disk drive IBM made with a removable disk pack -
floppy disk
the name of the storage device is called the floppy disk. it was introduced in 1971 and it was invented by IBM. what made it better were its higher capacity, its smaller physical size, and its rigid case which provided better protection from dirt and other environmental risks. -
Laser-disc
the name of the storage device is called Disco-vision and was created by MCA and Philips. it was introduced in 1978.It offered better audio and video quality than its competitors, but Laser Disc players were prohibitively expensive for many consumers. -
Seagate ST506 hard disk drive
the name of the storage device is called ST506. Seagate Technology created the Seagate ST506 hard disk drive and was introduced in 1980. The disk held 5 megabytes of data, five times as much as a standard floppy disk, and fit in the space of a floppy disk drive. The hard disk drive itself was a rigid metallic platter coated on both sides with a thin layer of magnetic material that stores digital data. -
USB Flash drive
the name of the storage device is the USB flash drive. M-systems created the USB flash drive and was introduced in 2000. these drives consisted of flash memory encased in a small form factor container with a USB interface. They could be used for data storage and in the backing up and transferring of files between various devices. They were faster and had greater data capacity than earlier storage media. -
Cloud-based network-attached storage
the name of the storage device is called the cloud-based network-attached storage. Vendors is who created the storage device and was introduced in 2009. They were designed for small and medium sized businesses in addition to general consumers. With these services, servers could automatically back up data to remote servers. They were designed for data protection, and along with backup capability it also provided a data recovery solution.