removable storage media
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Oct 6, 2026
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.
MWENIST Cybersecurity Framework
Classifications
Entity Type
Asset100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)
Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- USB removable media
- plural
- removable storage medias
- possessive
- removable storage media's
- pluralpossessive
- removable storage medias'