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1Early IBM disk storage — The invention of magnetic disk storage, pioneered by IBM in the 1950s, was a critical component of the computer revolution. This article surveys the major IBM computer disk drives introduced in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. The basic… …
2Computer data storage — 1 GB of SDRAM mounted in a personal computer. An example of primary storage …
3Disk storage — or disc storage is a general category of storage mechanisms, in which data are digitally recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical methods on a surface layer deposited of one or more planar, round and rotating disks (or… …
4Data storage device — Many different consumer electronic devices can store data …
5High definition optical disc format war — The high definition optical disc format war was a format war between the Blu ray Disc and HD DVD optical disc standards for storing high definition video and audio. These standards emerged between 2000 and 2002 and attracted both the mutual and… …
6Logical Unit Number — In computer storage, a logical unit number or LUN is simply the number assigned to a logical unit. A logical unit is a SCSI protocol entity, the only one which may be addressed by the actual input/output (I/O) operations. Each SCSI target… …
7ZIP (file format) — unzip redirects here. For the program, see Info ZIP. ZIP Filename extension .zip .zipx (newer compression algorithms) Internet media type application/zip Uniform Type Identifier com.pkware.zip archive Magic …
8Compound File Binary Format — (CFBF), also called Compound File or Compound Document[1], is a file format for storing numerous files and streams within a single file on a disk. CFBF is developed by Microsoft and is an implementation of Microsoft COM Structured… …
9Recording format — A recording format is a format for encoding data for storage on a storage medium. The format can be container information such as sectors on a disk, or user/audience information (content) such as analog stereo audio. Multiple levels of encoding… …
10Windows Imaging Format — Infobox file format name = WIM image format extension = .wim .swm mime = genre = Disk image containerfor = containedby = owner = Microsoft extendedfrom = extendedto = The Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file based disk image format. It was… …
