parkinson's law of data

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parkinson's law of data - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Parkinson's Law of Data
  
     "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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parkinson's law of data - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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. (The
     original 1958 Parkinson's Law described the structural tendency of
     bureaucracies to make work for themselves.) It has been observed
  since
     the mid-1980s 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 about double once every
     18 months (see Moore's Law); unfortunately, the laws of physics
     guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely.