HiDesertHal
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Those little flash drives (or "Thumb" drives) can store many GIGABITS of data...I don't see how that's possible in view of their tiny size!
Hal
Hal
That's hard to believe! Flash drive storage
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hollydolly
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I know, it always fascinates me Hal.... my husband tries in Vain to explain it to me, but I don;t have a techi mind at all....
Falcon
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Hal, They say size matters, and it does matter in most cases. It all depends upon WHAT you're measuring !
HiDesertHal
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I don't understand it all either Hal, but to be in the
modern World, we have to accept that they do
as advertised, I did find an explanation that you
might be able to understand, I am an Electrical
Engineer and I don't really know what he/she is
talking about.
https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-data-stored-in-a-micro-storage-chip-like-an-SD-card
Mike.
modern World, we have to accept that they do
as advertised, I did find an explanation that you
might be able to understand, I am an Electrical
Engineer and I don't really know what he/she is
talking about.
https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-data-stored-in-a-micro-storage-chip-like-an-SD-card
Mike.
Don M.
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It's called "technology". My desktop PC is far more powerful than some of the huge, room filling, computers I worked on 30 or 40 years ago. The amount of data that can be stored on a microchip is doubling every 2 or 3 years as ways are found to increase the capacity of these chips. It has almost reached the point where the entire Library of Congress can be held in a person's hand.
ProsperosDaughter
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My very first flash drive held 64 mb. It came with a Dell computer I purchased. I love that external drives keep getting smaller. I have a 4 tb drive that fits in the palm of my hand.
You're referring to Moore's law. It also says you / it would need to get cheaper too.