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Partition
A portion of a piece of physical media. One side of a two-sided optical disk is an example of a side. Partition are referenced by PARTIDs.
Physical media
Disks and magnetic tapes are physical media. Physical media are referenced by PMIDs (physical media IDs).
PMID
Representation of a medium.
Port
An opening in a library hardware unit that is used to insert and eject media.