section_path: Rise in digital technology use of computers
section_name: Rise in digital technology use of computers
paragraph_text: Rise in digital technology use of computers
  
  In the late 1980s, less than 1% of the world's technologically stored information was in digital format, while it was 94% in 2007, with more than 99% by 2014.
  
  It is estimated that the world's capacity to store information has increased from 2.6 (optimally compressed) exabytes in 1986, to some 5,000 exabytes in 2014 (5 zettabytes).