What does media mean in the field of computer?

Media, also known as media, refers to the carrier carrying information.

Media has two meanings in the computer field: first, it refers to the entity used to store information, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc. Another meaning refers to the carrier of information, such as words, graphics, images and sounds. The "media" in multimedia computer technology refers to the latter, which integrates various media in a digital way by applying computer technology, so that the computer has the comprehensive ability and interactive ability to express, process and store various media information.