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| Magnetic tape is media format composed of a thin magnetizable coating on a long strip of plastic film. It's used widely for backing up and storing digital data. | | Magnetic tape is media format composed of a thin magnetizable coating on a long strip of plastic film. It's used widely for backing up and storing digital data. | ||
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| | | Floppy disks in a variety of sizes are a thin magnetic disk with a plastic or card cover wideley used for data storage from the mid-1970's through to the early 2000's. | ||
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Revision as of 12:33, 1 August 2013
Storage Media | Complexity | Usability | Currency | Fear Factor | Popularity | X Factor | Description |
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Microfilm | 11 | 54 | 22 | 30 | 34 | 5 | |
Tape | 73 | 87 | 65 | 41 | 87 | 30 | Magnetic tape is media format composed of a thin magnetizable coating on a long strip of plastic film. It's used widely for backing up and storing digital data. |
Floppy disk | Floppy disks in a variety of sizes are a thin magnetic disk with a plastic or card cover wideley used for data storage from the mid-1970's through to the early 2000's. | ||||||