data-storage medium

• Physisches oder digitales Gerät, Material oder Technologie, das bzw. die zum Aufzeichnen, Speichern und Abrufen digitaler Daten verwendet wird, z. B. Festplatten, SSDs, optische Datenträger oder Flash-Speicher.

A physical or digital device, material, or technology used to record, store, and retrieve digital data, such as hard drives, SSDs, optical discs, or flash memory.

1. Physical or digital storage deviceB2formal

   A physical or digital device or material used to store and retrieve digital information.

   Datenträger

   • A hard drive is a common data-storage medium in computers.
   • USB flash drives are a portable data-storage medium.
   • Cloud storage is a modern data-storage medium that doesn't rely on physical hardware.

2. Material for recording dataB2formal

   Any material or technology that can hold data, such as magnetic tape, optical discs, or solid-state drives.

   Datenträger

   • Magnetic tape was once the primary data-storage medium for backups.
   • CDs and DVDs are optical data-storage media.
   • Solid-state drives are a faster and more durable data-storage medium than traditional hard drives.