The history of data storage is a story of exponential miniaturization.

Bits and Bytes

A Bit is the minimum unit (0 or 1). Eight Bits make a Byte. But today, even Gigabytes seem like a small amount.

The Challenge of Size

Consider that the first IBM hard drive in 1956 was the size of two refrigerators and held just 5MB. Today, a micro-SD card the size of your fingernail holds 1TB (one million times more!).