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USB
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First USB Flash Drive
IBM and Trek Technology started selling the first USB in the late 1999 and the early 2000. It could store up to 8MB and 5 times as more as a floppy disk. -
2nd generation of USB
Up to 60MB can be stored in this USB. At that time it was called 'High Speed' -
Growing Capacity
The capacity of the USB has grown. At first its 8MB and know it has rapidly gone up to 500MB. -
Capacity continues to grow
Now the USBs storage are growing bigger and bigger. There are USBs that have 1GB, 2GB and 4GB if storage. -
Different Shapes and Sizes available
Now there are many different designs of USBs available. Hello Kitty, Coca Cola, Mickey and Minnie Mouse etc. There are also many different colors to choose from. -
Capacity goes up.
Now there are USBs which have 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB where we can buy anywhere around the globe. More and more information could be stored in these USBs. -
3rd Generation of the USB is released!
This new USB is 10 times faster than the last generation. USB 3.0 reduces the time for transferring documents from one place to the other. -
USB capacity goes up to the impossible!
The largest USB sold was created in Europe. It can store up to 256GB within it's small shape.
