媒体在计算机领域有两种含义：

一是指存储信息的实体，如磁盘等，中文常译为煤质；二是指传递信息的载体，如数字、文字、声音、图形、图像等，中文常译为媒介-Media in the computer field has two meanings:

The first refers to the entity to store information, such as disk, etc., often translated into the Chinese coal　the second is to pass the information carrier, such as numbers, text, sound, graphics, images, often translated as the Chinese media