The days of 5.25-inch, 360 KB floppies have come and gone, but the files that we put on those disks remain the same. What technology has brought us is new media which allows us to store and transfer documents faster and easier than ever before. Rather than copying a file to a disk and mailing it across the country, we now copy files to cloud storage. Once in the cloud, we can share files so users all over the world can transfer them to their own computer or we can store files as safe, off-site backups.
Document storage for local transfer has also changed dramatically. People used to copy documents floppy disks and then take them to another computer to transfer them. Now they copy files to easily transportable flash storage devices. When people need to transfer files from work to their home computer, they save them to a USB drive. They can also take documents professional printers who can transfer them directly to the press.
The other basic way to store and transfer files uses modern external storage devices. These self-contained hard drives have large storage capacities to which users save documents for portability. Users can even install entire operating systems on one and use it to boot other computers