The first floppy disk was invented in 1967 by a team at US computing giant IBM. ... The floppy disk, while majorly antiquated, fit the bill and had its own natural security.

The mylar-coated magnetic disks invented by IBM in 1967 have largely been consigned to museums in the developed world. They fit a mere megabyte of data — enough for a few seconds of video.

The floppy disk was invented in 1971, according to IBM, and gained popularity during the 1980s as the main way to store and share information and run programs.

The evolution of the floppy is the industry in microcosm. Invented by IBM in the late 1960s, the eight-inch diskette was a read-only device used to load microcode on mainframes.

It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

FLOPPY DISK. The floppy disk, invented and made by US tech giant IBM in 1967, was once the preferred format for storing files and transferring them between computers.

It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.

Image caption, Floppy disks fell out of fashion in the 1990s as more efficient storage solutions were invented Article Information Author, Kelly Ng Role, BBC News ...