storage medium

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storage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɔː.rɪdʒ/us
/ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ/
the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in ...
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medium
adjective
uk
/ˈmiː.di.əm/us
/ˈmiː.di.əm/
being in the middle between an upper and lower amount, size, degree, ...
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It involved a specialstoragemediumon which the recording could be permanently retained.
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Many electro-acoustic compositions contain prerecorded, manipulated and (re)synthesised voices on 'tape' (or other audiostoragemedium) or as samples to be used with live electronics.
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The limited longevity of formats has two components: the deterioration of thestoragemediumitself and the availability of suitable playback machines to allow archiving to new formats.
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The format saw moderate success in professional markets and as a computerstoragemedium.
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Heat is transferred to a thermalstoragemediumin an insulated reservoir during the day, and withdrawn for power generation at night.
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Slotting addresses whichstoragemediuma product is picked from (pallet rack or carton flow), and how they are picked (pick-to-light, pick-to-voice, or pick-to-paper).
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File organization is the way the database relations are to be stored on thestoragemedium.
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Digital sound files can be stored on any computerstoragemedium.
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In all cases, the data stored in a data buffer are stored on a physicalstoragemedium.
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In a third scenario, files have been deleted from astoragemedium.
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Applications can view this as a network attachedstoragemedium.
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While these files can be saved to anystoragemedium, their initial location is the handsets internal memory.
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Photographic film or the magneticstoragemediuminside floppy disks can be used as inexpensive visible-light filters.
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Water is a convenient heatstoragemedium, because it has a high specific heat capacity.
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Records can exist in anystoragemedium, including main memory and mass storage devices such as magnetic tapes or hard disks.
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Although the term is usually associated with content recorded on astoragemedium, recordings are not required for live broadcasting and online networking.
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The choice depends on factors such as the total size of records, performance characteristics of thestoragemedium, and the expected patterns of access.
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Data corruption can occur at any level in a system, from the host to thestoragemedium.
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Punched paper tape was the externalstoragemedium.
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The 5150 was available with one or two 5-1/4 floppy drives, or without any drives orstoragemedium.
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