Storage medium

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007288",
  "term": "Storage medium",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A physical material or device on which digital data is recorded and can be retrieved at a later time. In industrial electronics, this includes solid-state drives (SSDs) for control systems, magnetic tapes for long-term archiving of process data, and flash memory cards for programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The choice of medium depends on factors like data access speed, environmental ruggedness, storage capacity, and the required data retention period.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Speichermedium",
    "es": "medio de almacenamiento",
    "fr": "support de stockage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/storage-medium/"
}