World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

A Brief History of Data Storage

Eli (they/them)

Why do modern codebases retain limits inspired by 1800s textile looms? Discover the evolution of data storage and why physical hardware is useless without the language to decode it.

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Storing data in hardware and collaborative digital art projects

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