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In class we mentioned that history can be classified into different ways; political, economic, social, military, cultural, and to some extent legal.  I would like to include technological history as one of these categories.  Technological change has been going around throughout history, from the creation of the wheel to the last couple of years, in which the growth rate of technology has grown exponentially.

Taken from the IBM website,  IBM introduced the first magnetic hard disk for data storage which was called RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) in 1956.  The hard disk stores roughly 2,000 bits of data per square inch.  For just one megabyte, it could cost as much as $10,000.  Today, the cost of storing one megabyte is around 10 cents.  While 2,000 bits of data is miniscule in todays standards, it was a major breakthrough at the time.  We can say that this was the beginning of the advancement of computer technology today.