2. What was it when it first began? The USB was first invented in the year 2000 by Trek Technology and IBM. The USB first went on sale in December 15, 2000 with a capacity of 8 MB. In 2002, Netac Technology claimed to have invented the USB in the 1990’s.
3. What are the uses? What are the uses? Some of the more conventional uses of the typical USB is to transport data between computers, keep back-up copies of important work and also for music and games. Size comparison between USB and floppy disk
4. What are some of the functions A recent addition to USB Drives is being used by Forensic teams, This is known as Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE). This was an application developed by Microsoft.
5. What are the plans for the future? Some plans for the USB for the future is to make the USB more accessible and to make it hold more information. There is already progress towards 256GB USB.