noun
physical media
Refers to tangible storage media such as CDs, DVDs, USB drives, or hard disks, as opposed to digital downloads or cloud storage. Used in computing and tech contexts.
最近はダウンロード販売が主流で、物理メディアでソフトを買う人は減っている。
Recently, digital downloads are mainstream, and fewer people buy software on physical media.
Sometimes it's safer to keep backups on physical media.