magnetic storage medium
- noun
- /mæɡˈnɛtɪk ˈstɔːrɪdʒ ˈmiːdiəm/
- Specialized
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medio de almacenamiento magnético
- Many people still use magnetic storage media to back up important files and documents.
Examples
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It addresses a wide range of topics, including: application of nanoparticles in magnetic storage media.
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There's your magnetic storage medium, there's your reading bright heads at the ends of these actuator arms.
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Hard drives are a common type of magnetic storage medium for storing large amounts of data.
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The resilience of magnetic storage media makes it suitable for long-term data archiving.
Synonyms
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3.9
A long thin strip of plastic covered with magnetic material to record sound, images, or data
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5.3
A thing that stores digital information by changing tiny areas on its surface, like a hard drive
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3.9
A way to store data by changing tiny areas on disks or tapes to hold information
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3.7
A flat round object covered with magnetic material that stores data
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8.3
A group of tiny magnetic rings used in old computers to store data
A round metal object covered with magnetic material that stores computer data, especially in early computers
A device that stores information as tiny magnetic areas on a thin layer, used in older computers
How Much Data
- Specialized
106
2.8
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2
3.9
- Specialized
- Archaic
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3.7
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4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'magnetic' (using magnetism) modifies 'storage medium' (a device for storing data), so the combined meaning — a device that stores data via magnetization — is directly derivable from the parts. This follows standard modifier+noun patterns and is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand it.
Etymology
Magnetic storage medium comes from the simple image of a surface, the medium, covered with tiny magnets, the magnetic part, that point in patterns to 'record' information and act as storage. So a computer reads those magnetic patterns to 'read' and keep 'data', which is why the phrase means a device where information is kept using magnetism.