Ingles 2

1. Why do you think people keep creating new and more powerful ways of storing data? > Throughout history the way has looked for to physically find the smallest system and with more capacity to store more data and to treat them quickly. (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispositivo_de_almacenamiento_de_datos) 2. What were the first ways of storing information that humans invented? > The first storing information was the paper and the pictures in the caves. (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispositivo_de_almacenamiento_de_datos) 3. What types of technology are involved in data storing systems? > The optical technology, the magnetic technology, mechanical technology and solid state disk, . Altrougth there are news technology in development, for example the nanomachines... 4. Which are the basic storing measurement units? > The basic storing measurements units are the Kylobyte, Megabyte, Giga byte and Tera byte, actually. 5. Which is the maximum storage capacity reached so far? > Today the maximun storage capacity is one or two Terabytes in personals computers. 6. Which technologies represent the future of data storing? > The future of data storing is the holographic technology. (http://www.wtec.org/loyola/hdmem/07_03.htm) 7. Make a diagram showing the data storage units (hard disk or C: drive, file, folder, application, OS software, directory, removable storing devices) in hierarchical relation. Hard Disk (Gigabyte) OS

C:/ drive

Program files ( Folder ) Application

D:/ drive

My document ( Folder ) File

Removable Storing devices.