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Floppy Disks
(Life Cycle)
A floppy disk was named due to its ability to flop as a person waves it in their hand (As to why this is a good idea is another topic of discussion.) People needed a portable device which could store information and be passed around to one another with ease.
1. Introduction
The first design, invented by IBM in the late 1960s and used in the early 1970s was first a read-only then later became read-write format. They were mostly used by colleges, universities, private businesses, and governments. The size was 8 inches.
2. Growth
As personal computers started to increase in popularity in the late 70s, demand grew for storing information and playing games. The size changes to 5 1/4 inches and stores at its highest 1.2 MB.
3. Maturity
They become encased in a rigid form and drop in size to 3 1/2 inches. Despite their small size, they were considered more reliable in keep the information in tact. They also stored at their highest 1.44MB of data.
4. Decline
As USB connector started to become popular on PCs and Macs after 1998, this allow external hard drives and flash drives to become. These devices along with email and other storage options became more reliable than floppy disks.
Eddie Yzaguirre
Floppy Disks
(Life Cycle)
A floppy disk was named due to its ability to flop as a person waves it in their hand (As to why this is a good idea is another topic of discussion.) People needed a portable device which could store information and be passed around to one another with ease.
1. Introduction
The first design, invented by IBM in the late 1960s and used in the early 1970s was first a read-only then later became read-write format. They were mostly used by colleges, universities, private businesses, and governments. The size was 8 inches.
2. Growth
As personal computers started to increase in popularity in the late 70s, demand grew for storing information and playing games. The size changes to 5 1/4 inches and stores at its highest 1.2 MB.
3. Maturity
They become encased in a rigid form and drop in size to 3 1/2 inches. Despite their small size, they were considered more reliable in keep the information in tact. They also stored at their highest 1.44MB of data.
4. Decline
As USB connector started to become popular on PCs and Macs after 1998, this allow external hard drives and flash drives to become. These devices along with email and other storage options became more reliable than floppy disks.
Eddie Yzaguirre