Let's Talk Storage!COMPU-LIVING MONTHLYLet's Talk Storage!Computer technology grows rapidly. The capacity of data storage is no exception. Hard drives and storage devices improve all the time.Early computers relied on magnetic ( 1 ). Developers soon replaced these with more efficient ( 2 ) disks. However, these still had limited space. For a while, Zipdrives were a larger-capacity solution.Then CDs came along. These lightweight, inexpensive devices are easy to ( 3 ) and discard. DVDs have similar benefits, and hold much more ( 4 ). However, erasing and reprogramming these devices is often unreliable.Today, we have compact flash memory. Tiny flash drives hold more information than earlier devices, including DVDs. Unlike most DVDs and CDs, ( 5 ) drives are easily erasable.