On August 31, IBM began to use floppy disks in 1973. This type of removable storage media eventually became so popular that Japanese government agencies formulated a rule, that is, submit data on floppy disks and submit data on CD-ROM over time. Obviously, this rule is still valid, so Japanese officials have been using floppy disks and CD ROMs instead of email or cloud storage services to submit data. "Where else can you buy floppy disks?" According to the Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese Minister of digital Affairs Taro Kono asked reporters on Tuesday. "We will change [these rules] immediately." Currently, Japanese laws contain 1900 provisions requiring the use of obsolete storage media for data transmission, such as 3.5-inch floppy disks or CD-ROMs. With the faster speed of file transmission on the Internet, digitization will make the overall efficiency of Japanese government institutions higher. However, like other authorities, Japanese government agencies must strictly abide by the rules, so the Japanese government has set up a working group to revise the rules formulated decades ago. Nowadays, it is not only difficult to obtain floppy disks (because few manufacturers manufacture them anymore), but also very difficult to use them to store anything, because modern text and spreadsheet files require more space than they did in the 1980s and 1990s. There are still some applications that rely on file formats (or even software) released 30 or 40 years ago - so they can be stored on floppy disks and / or CD-ROMs - but the mainstream of the world has turned to USB flash drives, Blu ray discs, and cloud storage services, which are larger, more efficient, and more reliable. It house learned that some industries use floppy disks and will continue to use them. For example, some Boeing 747-400 aircraft use 3.5-inch floppy disks to install avionics software. In addition, some military equipment and departments (such as the nuclear force) not only continue to use 8-inch floppy disks, but also use punched cards. Since thousands of laws still require the use of floppy disks or CD ROMs, we believe that obsolete storage media will take a long time to disappear. Now, even on Windows 11 computers, people can still buy and use an external 3.5-inch floppy disk reader for only $20, although it does require a special driver from Microsoft. (news agency)
Edit：Li Jialang Responsible editor：Mu Mu
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