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A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy, spanning from manual muscle power in handwriting, to acoustic vibrations in phonographic recording, to electromagnetic energy modulating magnetic tape and optical discs.

Media types

Phonograph cylinders

U.S. Everlasting cylinders

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Label	U.S. Everlasting Records
Manufactor	U.S. Phonograph Company
Storage medium	Phonograph cylinder
Material	Celluloid
Time duration	2-minute or 4-minute
Recording format	2-minute: 2-inch, 100 tpi; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi
Rotation speed	150-160 rpm
Launch	1908
Production stop	1912
Additional info	Indestructible cylinder with superior sound quality
Description	UCSB
Media archives	This file has no Media archives. Please add here the media archive of the storage medium if available. Example: Deutsch: Verfügbare Wachswalzen (U.S. Everlasting Walzen) or English: Available cylinders (U.S. Everlasting cylinders). Notify the uploader with: {{subst:add-desc-I|1=Data storage device}}
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