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Parkinson's Law of Data
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Parkinson's Law of Data /prov./ "Data expands to fill the
space available for storage"; buying more memory encourages the
use of more memory-intensive techniques. It has been observed over
the last 10 years that the memory usage of evolving systems tends
to double roughly once every 18 months. Fortunately, memory
density available for constant dollars also tends to double about
once every 12 months (see Moore's Law); unfortunately, the
laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue
indefinitely.
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