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removable medium [1 record]

Record 1 2015-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A medium which can be used as secondary or extended memory for a computer but which can also be conveniently removed and used as a storage device.

OBS

Memory cards, DVDs, CD ROMs, diskettes, magnetic tapes, hard drives and memory sticks [are examples of removable media].

OBS

removable medium: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • removable media

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

[Support] qui [peut] servir de mémoire secondaire ou de prolongement à l'ordinateur, mais qui [peut] aussi être facilement retiré et utilisé comme dispositif de stockage.

OBS

Une carte mémoire, un DVD, un CD-ROM, une disquette, un ruban magnétique, un disque dur [et] une clé USB [sont des exemples de supports d'information amovibles].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
CONT

El responsable del área informática, con la asistencia del responsable de seguridad de la información, implementará procedimientos para la administración de medios informáticos removibles, como cintas, discos, pendrives [...]

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