Japan, one of many technologically superior cities which is taken into account very organised and structured has been utilizing historic know-how for a really very long time. Bear in mind Floppy disks? A small black (majorly) sq. gadget, which was getting used to retailer knowledge within the 90s (as per my reminiscence), was nonetheless getting used on this nation.
The Japanese authorities has lastly introduced that they’re getting an improve and might be eliminating this historical know-how. Authorities officers have used floppy within the places of work for ages, and it was reportedly said that this storage know-how from the system for the final 2 years, has lastly bought off the shelf.
Floppy was used within the Nineteen Nineties
Sure, we’re speaking about Floppy Disk in 2024. This output storage know-how was utilized in numerous components of the world- from America to India within the Nineteen Nineties. After the recognition of the CD i.e. Compact Disk elevated in 1998-99, using floppy disk began to say no ever since. However lately it was found that the federal government division of Japan was nonetheless utilizing one of many outdated know-how and Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono introduced on June 28, 2024, the federal government has received the battle in opposition to floppy disks.
Japan made a legislation in 2022 for not utilizing Floppy disks and CD-ROM within the authorities methods, but it surely took about 2 years to take away the floppy disk utilization from the system. Nevertheless, CDs are nonetheless being utilized in Japan’s authorities methods. Speaking about new know-how, now many of the recordsdata are transferred via cloud storage or microSD card.
Gen-Z has not heard the title
A research was carried out in 2018 which discovered that kids between the ages of 6 and 18 years of age have no idea something about Floppy Disk. Gen-Z doesn’t even know its title. Nevertheless, floppy disk storage know-how continues to be talked about within the curriculum of many international locations.
Launched in 1971
Floppy Disk was first launched in 1971. Nevertheless, business floppy disks had been first utilized in 1972. Typically within the dimension of 8-inch, 5.25-inch and three.5-inch floppy disks have been used for storing recordsdata ranging between 80kb to 200Mb. The three.5-inch HiFD was launched in 1998-99 and may retailer recordsdata starting from 150 to 200MB.
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