Computer Memory: The Death of The Floppy Disk
By: Jack Lee | Posted: 02nd October 2006
The floppy disk may finally be dead. although the introduction of the CD-ROM allowed PC users to quickly view large quantities of data in a portable package, the inability to rewrite ordinary CDs meant that computer users who wanted to transfer their files and info were stuck using the unreliable floppy disk, which all too often malfunctioned or attempted to reconfigure itself. CD-R and CD-RW drives came along to solve part of the problem, but they weren't the answers various of us were planning for. CD-R disks are only writeable, and while their more steep cousins the CD-RWs are reconfigurable, not enough pcs are equipped with the drives to handle them to make them worthwhile.
The good news is, someone clever came along and realized that since a good number of computers have at least one USB (universal serial bus) port, why not make some sort of memory device which attaches to pcs through an USB port? The flash stick was born. Also called flash drives, memory sticks allow computer users to quickly and speedily plug in the flash stick to a computer and have it recognized as an additional drive. Once it's plugged in, users need only to drag and drop the files they want to transfer onto the flash stick and they can transfer the files to an additional PC. The flash drives aren't easily corrupted by magnets or interference, resulting in trouble-free use. They also don't need any sort of power supply in order to retain data, so they can be used when needed.
Sony patented the term "memory stick" when they introduced a new storage device for their computer cameras and computer files. The Sony memory stick is a flash drive which fits in all Sony cameras. Sony pcs, along with laptops, feature a memory stick drive as well, enabling Sony users to slide the memory stick directly from their cameras to their pcs, effortlessly transferring their photos. In fact, almost all computer cameras utilize flash systems in one form or another, either in Secure computer, flash Stick, or Compact Flash formats. These ways of memory memory allow users to save their photos and files onto safe, secure, reliable, and portable hard drives which can be carried in a shirt pocket. With sizes ranging up to three or even five gigabytes, users can store hundreds of times the info they could store on standard floppy disks. It's about time, the dear old floppy disk's time may have past.
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