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The medium of source information used in the creation of data set(s) described by FGDC compliant metadata.
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| x Paper |
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Paper is a 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...
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| x Stable-base material |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| 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...
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| 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. ...
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| x Compact Cassette |
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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...
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| x Filmstrip |
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The filmstrip was a common form of still image instructional multimedia, commonly used by educators in primary and secondary (K-12) schools up until approximately 1990, when it was overtaken by newer and increasingly lower-cost full-motion...
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| x Reversal film |
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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,...
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| x Videocassette |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| x Videodisc |
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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...
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| x Videotape |
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Videotape is a means of recording images and sound on to magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. Videotapes are also used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram. In most cases, a helical scan video...
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| x Physical data model |
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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...
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| x Computer program |
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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. The program has an executable form that...
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| x Compact Disc |
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A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store sound recordings exclusively, but later it also allowed the preservation of other types of data. Audio CDs have been commercially...
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| x Cartridge tape |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| x Magnetic tape |
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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...
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| 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:
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| x CD-ROM |
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CD-ROM (pronounced /ˌsiːˌdiːˈrɒm/, an acronym of "compact disc read-only memory") is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback, the 1985 “Yellow Book” standard...
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| 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".
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| x E-mail |
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Electronic mail, often abbreviated as email, e.mail or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages. E-mail systems are based on a store-and-forward model in which e-mail computer server systems accept, forward, deliver and store messages on...
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| x Chart |
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A chart is a visual representation of data, in which "the data are represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart". A chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of...
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