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Scientific American

Scientific American: What's a Dvd and How Does It Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
This "Ask the Expert" article answers the question "What's a DVD and how does it work?" clearly and thoroughly. Compares the DVD to other data storage units, and to itself! Did you know there are more types of DVDs other than what you...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Hard Drives Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
The modern hard drive is an object that can likely hold more information than your local library. But how does it store so much information in such a small space? Kanawat Senanan details the generations of engineers, material scientists,...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Magnetic core memory was developed in the late 1940s and 1950s, and remained the primary way in which early computers read, wrote and stored data until RAM came along in the 1970s. (Java tutorial)
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
At the dawn of the computer age, magnetic core memory helped make data storage possible, and showed surprising staying power in a field where components are constantly being replaced by new and improved products.
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BBC

Bbc Gcse Bitesize: Data Storage

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about your computer's data storage, which includes understanding what ROM and RAM are. You may quiz yourself on page nine by taking the Test Bite.
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Article
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks: Working With Zip Files

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how zip files work for storage and transmission of files.
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Article
Princeton University

Princeton: Research Data Management at Princeton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to a project.