This list describes born-digital media and formats curators and accessioning staff might encounter in dealing with hybrid or born-digital collections. For any questions, please contact Monique Lassere.
| Media/Format | Description | Photos | Issues to Note |
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| Floppy disk (3.5-inch, 5-inch, 8-inch) | Floppy disks are a type of removable magnetic storage medium composed of thin magnetic disks in square plastic enclosures. Floppy disks come in three formats and sizes: 3.5", 5.25", and 8". |
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| CDs and DVDs | CDs and DVDs are a type of optical disk composed of plastic. Lasers are used to read and write data to CDs and DVDs. The primary differences between the two lie in their sizes and manufacturing methods. | ||
| Compact flash card | Compact flash cards are a type of flash memory mass storage device used primarily in portable devices. These are still popular today. |
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| External and internal hard drives | |||
| Jaz disk | Jaz disk is a removable hard disk storage systems sold by Iomega in the 90's and early 200's. |  | |
| Minidisc | Minidisc is a magneto-optical disc-based data storage devices that store audio. | ||
| SD Memory Card | SD memory card is a non-volatile memory card format for use in portable devices. | ||
| USB/flash drive | A USB/flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with a USB interface. | ||
| Zip disk | Zip disks are removable magnetic storage cartridges. | ||
| Computers or drives | |||
| Networked data/file transfer | Networked data refers to data, files, or other digital objects that were created or exist in their current format only on networked (i.e. cloud) storage. Networked data is typically only accessible through file transfer protocol (FTP) or some other file delivery method relying on network transfers for acquisition. |
