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Paper data storage
media
Antiquity
Writing
on
papyrus
(c. 3000 BCE)
Paper
(105 CE)
Modern
Index card
(1640s)
Punched tape
(mid-1800s)
Punched card
(1880s)
Edge-notched card
(1904)
Optical mark recognition
(1930s)
Barcode
(1948)
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