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Noun: magnetic medium
  1. Any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information
    "Magnetic tape was once a popular magnetic medium for backing up data";
    - magnetic storage medium, magnetic storage

Derived forms: magnetic media

Type of: data-storage medium, storage medium

Encyclopedia: Magnetic medium