It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

The maximum storage of a floppy is two megabytes, which is 4,000 times less than the eight gigabytes customers can buy on a USB stick. It has been a long drawn out death for the home office friend.

The floppy disk, which has been ... The most recent floppy disks have a maximum storage capacity of 2 megabytes though most had less. ... 2,000 or 4,000 times the size of the largest floppy.

The original 8-inch floppy disks had a storage capacity of about 80 kilobytes. However, as the technology progressed, they eventually managed to store up to 1.2 megabytes by the end of their reign.

First developed as FAT (File Allocation Table) in 1977 for floppy disks, it was eventually extended to FAT12, ... even though FAT32 can technically support a max size of 16TB.

The most widely used type of floppy, with a maximum capacity of less than three megabytes, can hardly compete. Unless you are in love with them – and some people are. There are also those who ...