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FGDC Source media table

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The medium of source information used in the creation of data set(s) described by FGDC compliant metadata. ... more

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x Paper A paper trimmer      
Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. Paper is a...
x Stable-base material        
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
x Microfiche        
Microfiche is one of the most compact analog storage media in common use. It is normally used to provide a comprehensive research library in institutions (such as small college libraries) that could not otherwise afford the floor space. It was...
x Microfilm        
Microfilm is an analog storage medium for any type of paper documents, typically book, periodical, legal documents and engineering drawings. The film itself is a silver halide based film which once exposed is developed using a photographic process. ...
x Compact Cassette Compact Cassette logo      
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. Although originally designed for dictation, improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant...
x Filmstrip Filmilint      
Filmstrips were a common form of instructional multimedia used by instructors in both primary schools and secondary (K-12) schools. Often entertaining, filmstrips were popular with students and teachers because they provided an easy and inexpensive...
x Reversal film Stereoscoop VM      
In photography, a reversal film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. The film is processed to produce transparencies, in contrast with negative and print. Reversal film is produced in various sizes,...
x Videocassette        
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
x Videodisc        
Videodisc (or video disc) is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access circular disc that contains both audio and video signals recorded in an analog form. Typically, it is a reference to any such media that predates the...
x Videotape Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed      
Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. In most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high...
x Physical data model Physical Data Model Options      
A physical data model (a.k.a. database design) is a representation of a data design which takes into account the facilities and constraints of a given database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it is typically derived from a logical...
x Computer program Source code of a program written in the C programming language      
Computer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. Computer programs are found either in...
x Compact Disc CD autolev crop      
A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was developed to store music at the start, but later it also allowed to store other kinds of data. CD have been available since October 1982. In 2009, they are...
x Cartridge tape        
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
x Magnetic tape Audio cassette with magnetic tape      
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording audio or video or for computer data...
x Online        
In general, something is said to be online if it is connected to some larger network or system (which is implicitly the "line", though this interpretation is often useless). Several more specific meanings exist:
x CD-ROM Print vs      
CD-ROM (pronounced /ˌsiːˌdiːˈrɒm/, an initialism of "compact disc read-only memory") is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer. While the compact disc format was originally designed for music...
x Electronic bulletin board        
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm. Might be equivalent to "Internet forum".
x E-mail How e-mail works      
Electronic mail, often abbreviated as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages, designed primarily for human use. E-mail systems are based on a store-and-forward model in which e-mail computer server systems accept, forward,...
x Chart A pie chart      
A chart is a visual representation of data, in which the data are represented by symbols such as bars in a bar chart or lines in a line chart. A chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. The term ...