MAGNETIC MEDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic medium mean? 

• MAGNETIC MEDIUM (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC MEDIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC MEDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC MEDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

magnetic medium; magnetic storage; magnetic storage medium

Context example:

the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage

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

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