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Magnetic storage in the form of wire recording audio recording on a wire was publicized by Oberlin Smith in the Sept 8, 1888 issue of Electrical World. -
In 1928, Fritz Pfleumer developed the first magnetic tape recorder. -
In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost. After considering technologies such as wire matrices, rod arrays, drums, drum arrays, etc., the engineers at IBM's San Jose California laboratory invented the hard disk drive. -
Also know as a diskette, floppy, or FD, the floppy disk is
another type of storage medium that uses magnetic storage technology to store information. Floppy disks were once a common storage device for computers and were very common from the mid-1970s through to the start of the 21st century. -
LaserDisc was first available on the market in Atlanta, Georgia, two years after the introduction of the VHS VCR, and four years before the introduction of the CD. -
The compact disc, (or CD for short) is a form of optical storage, a technology that employs lasers and lights to read and write data. Initially, compact discs were used purely for music, but in the late 1980s. -
In 2005, the patent for an Optical Storage Device in the form of a compact disc recorder was published by Peter J. Keller and Michael J. Kelley