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Trivia Answer

 Last updated 14 Jun 2008

Its a hard disk...

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The Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956.

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).
The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

Let us start appreciating our 4 GB jump drive!