A peripheral unit that holds data without power until purposely erased. Computer storage comprises internal and external hard drives and solid state drives (SSDs); however, optical discs, USB drives ...

Since most large and small businesses use spinning disks to store most of their data, the idea of employing linear magnetic tape machines for vital storage seems like a throwback to an age gone by.

The tech world (and let’s be totally honest, tech journalists) have a recency bias — a type of cognitive skew that places greater importance on whatever is shiny and new. And the temptation is often ...

With the proliferation of CDs and subsequent disc-based technology, storing data on magnetic bands of tape has largely disappeared from the public’s eye. The technology is so far removed, that in some ...

It may seem odd to some that in the year 2020, magnetic tape is being discussed as a storage medium for digital data. After all, it has not been common in home computing since the 1980s. Surely the ...

A storage technology that is read and written in a serial (one after the other) fashion. Magnetic tape is the common sequential access storage device. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All ...

Businesses use computers to store increasingly sophisticated forms of data, including audio files, complex graphics and high-definition video. Advances in storage technology have kept pace with ...