1. Multimedia Card 1997- The Multimedia Card (MMC) is a flash memory memory card standard. MMC cards are currently available in sizes up to and including 2 GB, and are used in almost every context in which memory cards are used, like cell phones, mp3 players, digital cameras, and PDAs.

2. 2001 - A USB Flash Drive is essentially NAND- type flash memory integrated with a USB interface used as a small, lightweight, removable data storage device This hot-swappable, non-volatile, solid-state device is universally compatible

3. 2003: Blu-ray Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format meant for high definition video (HD) and high density data storage, and is one of two competing standards for HD optical media One single-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) can hold about 25 GB or over two hours of HD video plus audio, and the dual-layer disc can hold approximately 50 GB.

4. CLOUD STORAGE With online service, we can access nearly limitless storage from any internet connected device.

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