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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]]
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= Media types =
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== [[Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinders]] ==
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=== [[Busy-Bee Records]] ===
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* [[Busy-Bee cylinder|Busy-Bee cylinders]]
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=== [[Columbia Records]] ===
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* [[Columbia cylinder|Columbia cylinders]] (1890-?)
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* [[Columbia concert cylinder|Columbia concert cylinders]]
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* [[Oxford indestructible cylinder|Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1908-1912)
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=== [[Edison Bell]] ===
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* [[Edison Bell cylinder|Edison Bell cylinders]] (1890-1903)
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=== [[Edison Records]] ===
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* [[Brown wax cylinders]] (1895-1901)
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* [[Edison wax Amberol cylinder|Edison wax Amberol cylinders]] (1908-1912)
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* [[Edison Blue Amberol cylinder|Edison Blue Amberol cylinders]] (1912-1929)
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* [[Edison Concert cylinders]] (1898-1911)
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* [[Cylindre Edison moulé sur or|Cylindres Edison moulés sur or]]
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* [[Edison Goldgusswalze|Edison Goldgusswalzen]]
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* [[Edison Gold-Moulded cylinder|Edison Gold-Moulded cylinders]] (1902-1912)
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* [[Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinder|Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinders]]
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* [[Edison Records in Chinese]]
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=== [[Electric Phono Records]] ===
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* [[Electric Record cylinder|Electric Record cylinders]] (gold-moulded)
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=== [[Indestructible Records]] ===
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* [[Oxford indestructible cylinder|Oxford indestructible cylinders]] (1912-1922)
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=== [[Lambert Records]] ===
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* [[Lambert concert cylinder|Lambert concert cylinders]]
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* [[Lambert cylinder|Lambert cylinders]] "Pink Lamberts" (until 1905)
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=== [[Pathé Records]] ===
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* [[Pathé cylinder|Pathé 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]]
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=== [[Sterling Records]] ===
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* [[Sterling cylinder|Sterling cylinders]] (1904-?)
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=== [[U.S. Phonograph Company]] ===
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* [[Lakeside indestructible cylinder|Lakeside indestructible cylinders]]
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* [[U.S. Everlasting cylinder|U.S. Everlasting cylinders]]
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=== [[White Records]] ===
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* [[White Record cylinder|White Record cylinders]]
  
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== Phonograph cylinders ==
 
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=== U.S. Everlasting cylinders ===
 
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{{Storage medium information |Image= [[Image:Us-everlasting-records.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] |Label= [[:en:U.S. Everlasting Records|U.S. Everlasting Records]] |Manufactor=  [[:en:U.S. Phonograph Company|U.S. Phonograph Company]]  |Storage medium= [[:en:Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinder]] |Material= [[Wikipedia:Celluloid|Celluloid]] |Time duration= 2-minute or 4-minute |Recording format= 2-minute: 2-[[Wikipedia:Inch|inch]], 100 [[:en:Tracks per inch|tpi]]; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi |Rotation speed= 150-160 [[:en:Revolutions per minute|rpm]] |Launch= 1908 |Production stop= 1912 |Additional info= [[:en:Indestructible cylinder|Indestructible cylinder]] with superior sound quality |Description= [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/history-everlasting.php CYLINDERS] |Other_versions= }}
 
  
 
[[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

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