Õ: IT alal eristatakse andmeid, informatsiooni ja teavet, seetõttu pole mõistlik kasutada standardivälise ebamäärase "infokandja" või "teabekandja" sünonüümina

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Oxford Reference:
A material having defined properties, including physical variable that can be used to represent data. The defined properties ensure that the medium is compatible with devices that can record or read data on the medium. Examples of data media are magnetic disks, optical disks, and magnetic tape, and also paper used for printer output.
ISO/IEC 2382, ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:
materjal, millel või milles saab andmeid salvestada ja neid sealt võtta
= material in or on which data can be recorded and from which data can be retrieved

ülevaated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_medium
https://obsoletemedia.org/data/
http://www.adrc.com/storage_media_main.html

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