Also called a thumb drive, these small devices are great for storing files.
What is a USB or Flash drive?
Released in 1963, these were mainly used to store audio files.
What are cassette tapes?
This sweet treat is also a multi billion dollar computer company.
What is Apple?
You programmed these circular devices that do simple math and can receive signals.
What are circuits?
This puffy "invisible" system is commonly used for storage today.
What is cloud computing?
The first official form of data storage.
What are punch cards?
In 1982, Sony released this device to store audio recordings.
What are compact discs (CD)?
This operating system is used by the school's library computers.
These long sticks plug directly into the motherboard and are responsible for system performance.
What is Random Access Memory (RAM)?
This tiny chip is the brain of the computer.
What is the Central Processing Unit (CPI)?
Introduced in 1971 by IBM, these squares were handy for saving files.
What are floppy disks?
Introduced in 1995 by several different companies, these have a larger storage capacity than a CD.
What are DVDs?
This philanthropist's company developed the first desktop computer.
Bill Gates
This very important part of a computer draws heat away from the CPU.
What is a cooling fan?
This tiniest of storage devices is used in the yearbook camera.
What is a micro USB?
What are zip drives?
The advent of this storage medium allowed for the development of streaming music.
What is Cloud Computing?
This company created the first CPU chip and is still the world's top manufacturer.
What is Intel?
Place where all the computer parts plug into.
What is the motherboard?
Small noiseless drives that are faster and smaller than their predecessor.
What are Solid State Drives (SSD)?
These began to be used in 1951 to store data on a computer.
What are magnetic tapes?
This musical app is the #1 streaming service in the world.
What is Spotify?
This company invented the world's first hard drive.
What is IBM?
Released in 1991 by SanDisk, the largest one is 100TB and costs over $40,000.
What is a Solid State Drive?
The smallest of all computers, it fits in your pocket yet has more power than the earliest computers.
What is a smart phone?