Definition

Noun: A type of data storage technology that uses different patterns of magnetization on a magnetizable material to store and retrieve digital information (bits or bytes). This is a non-volatile storage method, meaning the data remains even when the power is turned off.

Usage

"Magnetic storage" refers to the technology or medium itself. It is commonly used to describe a category of computer storage devices. - The company's servers still rely heavily on magnetic storage for archival data. - Floppy disks were an early form of magnetic storage.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "magnetic storage media": The physical material (e.g., platters, tape) that holds the magnetized data.
  • Backup tapes are a form of magnetic storage media.
• "magnetic storage device": The functional hardware unit that reads from and writes to the storage media.
  • An external hard drive is a portable magnetic storage device.

Variants and Related Words

• Magnetic disk (n): A storage medium, like a hard disk platter or floppy disk, that uses magnetic patterns on a flat, circular surface.
• Magnetic tape (n): A sequential access storage medium using a thin magnetizable coating on a long strip of plastic film.
• Magnetization (n): The process of making a material magnetic; the state of being magnetic. This is the fundamental principle behind the technology.

Synonyms

• Non-volatile magnetic memory: A more technical synonym emphasizing the data persistence.
• Magnetic recording: A term focusing on the process of writing data onto the medium.

Related Phrases

• Magnetic storage technology: The broader field encompassing the development and principles of this storage method.
  • Advances in magnetic storage technology have dramatically increased data density.

Noun

1. any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information
   • the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage