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New technologies from 1950 - 2012
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Punch cards
A punch card is essentially a piece of hardened paper (thin cardboard) that contains digital information. It was only capable of storing text based information. -
Magnetic Tape
This is a long plastic tape coated with iron oxide for use in magnetic recording. Magnetic tape is still used today to create batch ups of important company data. -
Laptop
Laptop users can watch their favorite movies by using the DVD player or use a media center program to create their own movies or manage photos and music. -
Digital camera
This is the first commercial Digital Camera released in the market. A digital camera takes photos in a digital format which brings a number of benefits for those wanting to edit images as the image can quickly and easily be transferred onto a computer. -
Hard Disk Drive
A standard component of any computer nowadays. The first was 3.5-inches in sizes and could store 10MB. A hard drive has rotating platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. They can store audio, video, text and images. -
CD rom
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. This means it uses lasers to read and write data to the surface. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings. -
USB
A stand for Universal Serial Bus and it was designed to standardise the connection of computer peripherals such as keyboards, digital cameras. They are also very portable and can store text, images, video, and audio. -
X Box
Gaming console that allows internet/web connection. -
Blu ray disc
BD is a form of optical storage (e.g. using lasers). They get the name Blu because blue lasers are used to read and write the data to the disc. They can store up to 25 GB and can store multiple media types. Mainly used for videos today. -
iphone 4s
A hand held device that allows people to make calls, email, Bluetooth and all sorts. The phone’s lack of buttons means that it has a decent screen.
