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Continuous wave form

(analogue)

Electronic pulses

(digital)

Grooved cylinder

1877_

Grooved cylinder

Grooved disk

1887_

Grooved disc

Grooved shellac disk

1897_

Grooved shellac disc

recording wire

1898_

Recording wire

film with optical sound

1923_

Film with optical sound

audio tape

1934_

Coated plastic audio tape

Commercial vinyl record

1946_

Commercial vinyl record

_1947

Williams memory tube

Williams memory tube

_1949

Magnetic drum data storage

magnetic drum storage

_1950

Computer data tape

computer data tape

_1953

Magnetic core memory

core memory
_1955

Iron oxide coated disk storage

5 pack disk storage
2" professional video tape 1956_

2" professional videotape

_1959

Integrated circuit

integrated circuit
compact audio cassette 1963_

Compact audio cassette

8 track cartridge 1965_

8-track audio cartridge

3/4" video cassette

1971_

3/4" videocassette

1/2" Betamax

1975_

1/2" Betamax® videocassette

VHS video cassette

1976_

1/2" VHS videocassette

 

_1976

5-1/4" floppy disk

5 1/4" floppy

laser optical disk 1978_

Laser optical disk

_1980

3-1/2" floppy disk

3 1/2" floppy

_1982

Audio CD

Audio CD

_1987

DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

DAT (digital audio tape)

_1990

CD-R (recordable compact disk)

CR-R recordable compact disk

_1994

Flash memory card

flash video card

_1995

DV digital video cassette format

DV digital video

_1996

Video DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)

DVD (digital versatile disc)

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