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IBM introduced the first Floppy Disk
8-inch: IBM 23FD (read-only) Capacity: 79.75 kB -
250K 8-inch, 1-sided, single-density
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500K 8-inch, 2-sided, single-density
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8-inch DSDDIBM 53FD / Shugart 850
Capacity: 1.2MB
Double sided Single density -
5 1⁄4-inch DD
Capacity: 360kB
Double sided
9-sectors
Single Density -
160K 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 8-sector
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5 1⁄4-inch QD
Capacity: 720 kB
Double sided
9-sectors
Quad Density -
5 1⁄4-inch HD
Capacity: 1.2MB
Double sided
15-sectors
High Density -
180K 5.25-inch, 1-sided, 9-sector
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3 1⁄2-inch ED
Capacity: 2.88MB
Double sided
36-sectors
Extended Density -
3 1⁄2-inch HD
Capacity: 1.44MB
Double sided
18-sectors
High Densitry -
First Flash Drive
Trek Technology and IBM sold the first USB flash drive.
Capacity: 8MB -
Storage increase for USB Flash Drives
Went from 8MG to 500MB -
Storage grows
Storage goes from 1GB, 2GB, and now up to 4GB!! -
Continues to grow
USB flash dirves continue to grow, now up to 32GB -
Lragest of 2011!
The worlds largest flash drive was released with a capacity of 256GB!! That is like a hard drive in your pocket! -
Current Date
As of June 2013, 1TB (1,000GB's) is released onto the USB world!