{"id":3944,"date":"2016-05-26T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/26\/ancient-floppy-disks-are-still-used-in-u-s-nuclear-computer-system\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:26:38","slug":"ancient-floppy-disks-are-still-used-in-u-s-nuclear-computer-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/26\/ancient-floppy-disks-are-still-used-in-u-s-nuclear-computer-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient floppy disks are still used in U.S. nuclear computer system"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But according to a report from a congressional watchdog agency, a particularly vital arm of the U.S. government may be using the oldest tech you could possibly imagine<\/p>\n

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According to a new report<\/a>\u00a0from the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO<\/a>), at least one part of the U.S. Defense Department (DoD<\/a>) still uses floppy disks in one of its systems.<\/p>\n

What’s a floppy disk you ask? Well, decades ago, instead of using USB sticks, data was transported between computer systems using a thin square plastic case that contained a magnetic disk (which is where the data was stored).<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Nuclear<\/a>, Floppy Disk<\/a>, Department Of Defense<\/a>, Dod<\/a>, and Tech<\/a><\/p>\n

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