medium

In the computer sense, a storage medium is the actual physical place where data is stored.

Examples:

• A floppy disk.
• A hard disk.
• On a magnetic tape cartridge.
• Printed output.

John Shipman, john@nmt.edu Last updated: 1997/09/26 19:44:10 UT URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/g/medium.html