Portable Data Storage Media By jfarkas09 Jan 1, 1846 Punched Card Jan 1, 1951 Magnetic Tape Jan 1, 1956 Hard Drive Disk Jan 1, 1971 8" Floppy Disk Jan 1, 1972 Cassette Tape Jan 1, 1972 Laserdisc Jan 1, 1976 Fairchild Channel F Jan 1, 1976 5 1/4" Floppy Disk Jan 1, 1980 CD Rom Jan 1, 1988 3.5" Floppy Disk Jan 1, 1990 CD-R Jan 1, 1992 Mini Disc Jan 1, 1994 Compact Flash Jan 1, 1994 Zip Drive Jan 1, 1995 Jaz Drive Jan 1, 1995 DVD Jan 1, 1997 SuperDisk Jan 1, 2000 USB Flash drive Aug 1, 2000 SD card Aug 1, 2000 2.5” Portable Hard Drive Jan 1, 2002 xD-Picture Card Jan 1, 2004 WMV-HD Jan 1, 2006 HD- DVD Jan 1, 2006 Blu Ray Apr 1, 2011 Cloud Storage
