MAGNETIC STORAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic storage mean? 

• MAGNETIC STORAGE (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC STORAGE 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 STORAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC STORAGE (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 storage" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Despite graphene’s extraordinary strength and conductivity, the fact that it is not magnetic limits its application in areas such as magnetic storage and spintronics, and so researchers have been searching for magnetic materials which could be incorporated with graphene-based devices.

(‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor, University of Cambridge)