From
Player Pia**s to the
Cloud: The
History of
Data Storage
When you think about
player pia**s, your thoughts probably gravitate toward creepy ghosts rather than
Data Storage in**vation.
But you're wrong. The machines "k**w" which keys to play by reading
Data stored in punch cards — pieces of stock paper with holes punched into them. In the late 19th century, American inventor Herman Hollerith invented an electronic means by which to tabulate the information stored on them. In doing so, he set in motion modern
Data storage.
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The
History of
Data Storage is a story of decreasing sizes and increasing capacities.
From magnetic tape to floppy discs to cloud-based storage, in**vations in compression have saved countless hours and increased the capabilities of today's tech**logy.
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