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Data Storage & Memory · Recorded milestone

Thousand-year archives

Recorded year2020

Civilisation's knowledge is stored in media built to last a thousand years.

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Built on

Computer magnetic tapeRecorded · 1951enables
Data written in glassRecorded · 2019enables

Led to

Self-explaining archive standardForecast · ~2034enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.