Storage medium
A storage medium is a substance or an object (or colloquially also a device ) for storage:
- in digital data processing for storing data, see data storage
- in technology for storing energy, see energy storage
- especially for thermal energy, see heat storage and latent heat storage
- for electro-chemical energy, see accumulator and battery
- for electrical energy, see capacitor (electrical engineering)
- for kinetic energy, see flywheel
- for potential energy, see spring (technology) and storage power plant
- a collection container or building for bulk goods, see silo
