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A '''data storage device''' is a device for [[Wikipedia:Recording|recording]] (storing) [[Wikipedia:Information|information]] (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of [[Wikipedia:Energy|energy]], spanning from manual muscle power in [[Wikipedia:Handwritting|handwriting]],  to acoustic vibrations in [[Wikipedia:Phonograph|phonograph]]ic recording, to electromagnetic energy modulating [[Wikipedia:Magnetic tape|magnetic tape]] and [[Wikipedia:Optical disc|optical disc]]s.
 
A '''data storage device''' is a device for [[Wikipedia:Recording|recording]] (storing) [[Wikipedia:Information|information]] (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of [[Wikipedia:Energy|energy]], spanning from manual muscle power in [[Wikipedia:Handwritting|handwriting]],  to acoustic vibrations in [[Wikipedia:Phonograph|phonograph]]ic recording, to electromagnetic energy modulating [[Wikipedia:Magnetic tape|magnetic tape]] and [[Wikipedia:Optical disc|optical disc]]s.
  
 
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[[File:Musica-phonograph-03.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Musica Phonograph c. 1905]]
 
= Media types =
 
= Media types =
 
== [[Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinders]] ==
 
== [[Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinders]] ==
 
=== [[Busy-Bee Records]] ===
 
=== [[Busy-Bee Records]] ===
* [[Busy-Bee cylinders]]
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* [[Busy-Bee cylinder|Busy-Bee cylinders]]
  
 
=== [[Columbia Records]] ===
 
=== [[Columbia Records]] ===
* [[Columbia cylinders]] (1890-?)
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* [[Columbia cylinder|Columbia cylinders]] (1890-?)
* [[Columbia concert cylinders]]
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* [[Columbia concert cylinder|Columbia concert cylinders]]
* [[Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1908-1912)
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* [[Oxford indestructible cylinder|Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1908-1912)
  
 
=== [[Edison Bell]] ===
 
=== [[Edison Bell]] ===
* [[Edison Bell cylinders]] (1890-1903)
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* [[Edison Bell cylinder|Edison Bell cylinders]] (1890-1903)
  
 
=== [[Edison Records]] ===
 
=== [[Edison Records]] ===
 
* [[Brown wax cylinders]] (1895-1901)
 
* [[Brown wax cylinders]] (1895-1901)
* [[Edison wax Amberol cylinders]] (1908-1912)
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* [[Edison wax Amberol cylinder|Edison wax Amberol cylinders]] (1908-1912)
* [[Edison Blue Amberol cylinders]] (1912-1929)
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* [[Edison Blue Amberol cylinder|Edison Blue Amberol cylinders]] (1912-1929)
 
* [[Edison Concert cylinders]] (1898-1911)
 
* [[Edison Concert cylinders]] (1898-1911)
* [[Cylindres Edison moulés sur or]]
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* [[Cylindre Edison moulé sur or|Cylindres Edison moulés sur or]]
* [[Edison Goldguss Walze]]
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* [[Edison Goldgusswalze|Edison Goldgusswalzen]]
* [[Edison Gold-Moulded cylinders]] (1902-1912)
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* [[Edison Gold-Moulded cylinder|Edison Gold-Moulded cylinders]] (1902-1912)
* [[Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinders]]
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* [[Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinder|Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinders]]
 
* [[Edison Records in Chinese]]
 
* [[Edison Records in Chinese]]
  
 
=== [[Electric Phono Records]] ===
 
=== [[Electric Phono Records]] ===
* [[Electric Record cylinders]] (gold-moulded)
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* [[Electric Record cylinder|Electric Record cylinders]] (gold-moulded)
  
 
=== [[Indestructible Records]] ===
 
=== [[Indestructible Records]] ===
* [[Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1912-1922)
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* [[Oxford indestructible cylinder|Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1912-1922)
  
 
=== [[Lambert Records]] ===
 
=== [[Lambert Records]] ===
* [[Lambert concert cylinders]]
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* [[Lambert concert cylinder|Lambert concert cylinders]]
* [[Lambert cylinders]] "Pink Lamberts" (until 1905)
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* [[Lambert cylinder|Lambert cylinders]] "Pink Lamberts" (until 1905)
  
 
=== [[Pathé Records]] ===
 
=== [[Pathé Records]] ===
* [[Pathé cylinders]]
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* [[Pathé cylinder|Pathé cylinders]]
* [[Pathé salon cylinders]]
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* [[Pathé salon cylinder|Pathé salon cylinders]]
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* [[Stentor cylinder|Stentor cylinders]] (Concert cylinders)
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=== [[Phonographe Système Lioret]] ===
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* [[Lioret celluloid cylinder no.1|Lioret celluloid cylinders no.1]] (30-seconds)
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* [[Lioret celluloid cylinder no.2|Lioret celluloid cylinders no.2]] (1-minute)
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* [[Lioret celluloid cylinder no.3|Lioret celluloid cylinders no.3]] (2-minutes)
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* [[Lioret celluloid cylinder no.4|Lioret celluloid cylinders no.4]] (4-minutes)
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* [[Lioret cylinder (Bébé Jumeau phonographe)|Lioret cylinders (Bébé Jumeau phonographe)]]
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* [[Lioret cylinder (Eurêka)|Lioret cylinders (Eurêka)]]
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* [[Lioret cylinder (Grands magasins Dufayel)|Lioret cylinders (Grands magasins Dufayel)]]
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* [[Lioret cylinder (Lioretgraph)|Lioret cylinders (Lioretgraph)]]
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* [[Lioret grand wax cylinder|Lioret grand wax cylinders]]
  
 
=== [[Sterling Records]] ===
 
=== [[Sterling Records]] ===
* [[Sterling cylinders]] (1904-?)
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* [[Sterling cylinder|Sterling cylinders]] (1904-?)
  
 
=== [[U.S. Phonograph Company]] ===
 
=== [[U.S. Phonograph Company]] ===
* [[Lakeside indestructible cylinders]]
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* [[Lakeside indestructible cylinder|Lakeside indestructible cylinders]]
* [[U.S. Everlasting cylinders]]
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* [[U.S. Everlasting cylinder|U.S. Everlasting cylinders]]
  
 
=== [[White Records]] ===
 
=== [[White Records]] ===
* [[White Record cylinders]]
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* [[White Record cylinder|White Record cylinders]]
  
  
 
[[Category:Storage media]]
 
[[Category:Storage media]]

Latest revision as of 21:00, 10 April 2013

A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy, spanning from manual muscle power in handwriting, to acoustic vibrations in phonographic recording, to electromagnetic energy modulating magnetic tape and optical discs.

Musica Phonograph c. 1905

Media types

Phonograph cylinders

Busy-Bee Records

Columbia Records

Edison Bell

Edison Records

Electric Phono Records

Indestructible Records

Lambert Records

Pathé Records

Phonographe Système Lioret

Sterling Records

U.S. Phonograph Company

White Records