The End of the Floppy Disk

Please read the following article:

• The Floppy is Dead: Time to Move Memories to the Cloud

Answer the following questions:

1. What factors have led to the "death" of the 3.5" floppy disk?


2. What does the author feel will be the fate of optical media (CD-R, DVD-R)?


3. What is a solid state drive (SSD)?


4. What is meant by storing data on the "cloud?"


5. What is your opinion about storing data on the "cloud" using sevices like Google Docs, etc.?