| physical carrier | материальный носитель (A physical medium in which data, sound, images, etc., are stored. For certain categories of material, the physical carrier consists of a storage medium (e.g., tape, film) sometimes encased in a plastic, metal, etc., housing (e.g., cassette, cartridge) that is an integral part of the item.: Libraries, archives and other collecting institutions face a present and serious issue in how they will manage the large numbers of obsolete physical carriers in their collections. 'More) |
