WordNet
n. 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" [syn: magnetic storage medium, magnetic medium]
Wikipedia
Magnetic storage or magnetic recording is the storage of data on a magnetised medium. Magnetic storage uses different patterns of magnetisation in a magnetisable material to store data and is a form of non-volatile memory. The information is accessed using one or more read/write heads.
, magnetic storage media, primarily hard disks, are widely used to store computer data as well as audio and video signals. In the field of computing, the term magnetic storage is preferred and in the field of audio and video production, the term magnetic recording is more commonly used. The distinction is less technical and more a matter of preference. Other examples of magnetic storage media include floppy disks, magnetic recording tape, and magnetic stripes on credit cards.
Usage examples of "magnetic storage".
The antiprotons can be captured, slowed down, and stored in magnetic storage rings.
Before we invented the magnetic storage device, they were forced to get fuel from our ships in order to make the return journey.
Even with partial shielding from the pod's hull, their intensity was enough to wipe magnetic storage—.
The news would have just reached Earth that a positron in one of the Forge's magnetic storage rings had lost its charge and escaped into the surrounding laser trap, 65 hours ago.
Unlike starshipswhich made their antimatter as they went along and which represented no threat to inhabited moons and planets once the Harun drive was turned offblowtorches carried a substantial quantity of live antimatter in their magnetic storage tanks.
Bram had seen the cupboards where copies of those magnetic storage records were kept, and they contained more shelf space than the cabinets for all the cultural records combined.
The ship returned, but the magnetic storage bottle for the hydrogen starter had shrapneled the power room into shredded metal.
But a third of the way into the dark age, they switched to using magnetic storage tape, which degrades rapidly, then to digital storage, which was even worse because for no obvious reason they encrypted everything.