Removable media

nounverified·updated Oct 6, 2026

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Portable electronic storage media such as magnetic, optical, and solid-state devices, which can be inserted into and removed from a computing device, and that is used to store text, video, audio, and image information. Such devices have no independent processing capabilities. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, zip drives, compact disks (CDs), thumb drives, pen drives, and similar USB storage devices.

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Senses

3 more senses beyond the canonical

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Any type of storage device that can be removed from the system while is running

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Portable electronic storage media, such as magnetic, optical, and solid-state devices, which can be inserted into and removed from a computing device and which is used to store text, video, audio, and image information. Such devices have no independent processing capabilities. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, zip drives, compact disks (CD), thumb drives, pen drives, and similar storage devices.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review

Portable electronic storage media such as magnetic, optical, and Solid-state devices, which can be inserted into and removed from a computing device, and that is used to store text, video, audio, and image information. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, zip drives, compact disks, thumb drives, pen drives, and similar USB storage devices.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Removable medias
possessive: Removable media's
pluralpossessive: Removable medias'

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