The document describes various types of data storage devices including Zip disks, Mini CDs, CD-RWs, floppy disks, tape drives, CD-Rs, Mini DVDs, DVD-RWs, memory pens, secure digital cards, TransFlash cards, multimedia cards, compact flash cards, SmartMedia cards, and XD cards. Key details are provided about the introduction date, size, storage capacity, and usage of each type of storage medium.

1. Data Storage
Devices
Monica Isabel
Ortega Hernandez.

2. Zip Disk
♥ The Zip drive is a medium-capacity
removable disk storage system that was
introduced by Iomega in late 1994.

3. Mini CD
♥ The Mini CD format CDs are reduced, also
known as compact disc pocket (Pocket-
CD).
♥ CD single in a 80 mm disc. This format is
used to distribute the simple in the same
way as with the simple vinyl.

4. CD-RW
♥ A CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a
rewritable optical disc. It was introduced
in 1997, and was known as "CD-Writable"
during development. It was preceded by
the CD-MO, which was never
commercially released.

5. 3.5~inch Floppy disk
♥ A floppy disk or a recording medium
storing data formed by a circular piece of
magnetic material, thin, flexible (hence
the name) enclosed in a plastic square or
rectangular.

6. Tape Drive
♥ A floppy diskette or a recording medium
storing data formed by a circular piece of
magnetic material, thin, flexible (hence
the name) enclosed in a plastic square or
rectangular.

7. CD~R
♥ A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a
variation of the Compact Disc invented
by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once
Read Many (WORM) optical
medium, although the whole disk does
not have to be entirely written in the same
session.

8. Mini DVD
♥ The mini-DVD is a disc of 80 mm in
diameter. In normal recording (standard
DVD quality) supports 30 minutes of video
or 1.4 GB of data (and the 2 layers, up to
2.92 GB).

9. DVD~RW
 Shortfor DVD-ReWritable, a re-recordable
DVD format similar to CD-RW or DVD+RW.
The data on a DVD-RW disc can be
erased and recorded over numerous
times without damaging the medium.

11. Memory Pen (USB MASS
STORAGE)
A flash memory card that plugs into the
computer's USB port. Small enough to
hook onto a keychain, it emulates a small
disk drive and allows data to be easily
transferred from one machine to another.

12. SECURE DIGITAL
 Secure Digital (SD) is a non-volatile
memory card format developed by the
SD Card Association (SDA) for use in
portable devices. The SD technology is
used by more than 400 brands across
dozens of product categories and more
than 8,000 models.

13. TransFlash
 SanDisk's
earlier name for the microSD
card, the miniaturized version of the SD
Card.

14. Multimedia card
A flash memory card that provides
storage for cellphones, PDAs and other
handheld devices. Introduced in 1997
with a 4MB capacity, the 32x24x1.4mm
card weighs less than two grams. By
2005, storage increased to 2GB.

15. Compact flash
A flash memory format introduced in 1994
by SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA
(www.sandisk.com). At 36.4 x 42.8 x 3.3
mm, CompactFlash (CF) cards are larger
than other flash cards, but are popular
storage in digital SLRs, which more easily
accommodate their size than small point-
and-shoot cameras.

16. Smart Media
 An ultra-compact flash memory format
developed by Toshiba and introduced in
1995. About the size of CompactFlash, but
as thin as a credit card, SmartMedia
cards were popular storage for digital
cameras for a while, but capacities never
reached beyond 128MB.

17. XD