storage medium
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈstɔːrɪdʒ ˈmiːdiəm/
- Specialized
:
medio de almacenamiento
- The certificate may be presented in the form of a paper sheet (hereinafter paper certificate) or in the form of a plastic card with an electronic storage medium (hereinafter electronic certificate).
- use of a storage medium
They proved that DNA is a very efficient information storage medium.
- They proved that DNA is a very efficient information storage medium.
Examples
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There is, however, one storage medium that is widely available and can be relatively efficient.
Blog text (33) -
This has the potential to eliminate the size, weight, and power limitations of traditional storage media.
Academic text (1997) -
With a large enough storage medium, you can shoot hundreds of photos without having to change film.
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So all the necessary software, consisting of application program code, pictures, sound, and text, is carried on a single storage medium.
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Digital storage media for text, images, sound, and motion pictures costs, for all intents and purposes, almost nothing.
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The DVD is a high-capacity, multimedia data storage medium.
Academic text (2002) -
The information age has been facilitated by the exponentially growing capacity of storage media such as magnetic disks.
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This time I'm going to talk about the life expectancy of different storage media, including hard drives, SSDs, and optical disks.
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What could you do with an energy storage medium that had the energy density of electrochemical batteries but the temperature insensitivity and burst power capability of a spring?
Academic text (2010) -
The DVD is a high-capacity, multimedia data storage medium.
Synonyms
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3.5
A thing that stores computer files, like a hard drive or USB stick
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3.5
A thing that stores information like files or photos so you can use it later
A device or material that keeps information so you can use it later
How Much
- Specialized
106
2.8
- Specialized
1
4.1
- Specialized
3
4.2
396
1.4
- Archaic
6
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device or material used to store information' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'storage' (the act or place of storing) with 'medium' (a means or material). This simple compositional noun phrase follows common English compounding patterns and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun storage medium comes from the simple idea of a material or device that 'holds' things. Think of a box or jar that keeps objects: storage means keeping and medium means the thing that holds them, so a hard drive, CD, or flash drive is called a storage medium because it holds digital information.