MAGNETIC MEDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information

Example:

the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage

Synonyms:

magnetic medium; magnetic storage; magnetic storage medium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("magnetic medium" is a kind of...):

data-storage medium; storage medium (a medium for storing information)

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