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What is the meaning of this phrase:

"The reason being all hard copy and storage media have a shelf life"

in the following context:

The reason being all hard copy and storage media have a shelf life, are bound to deteriorate over a period of time and the space required to store these media is huge.

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Default Re: Shelf Life

I think you might have answered your own question there

"shelf life" is how long an item can sit unused and still be expected to work.

Cream has a shelf life of a week or two.
Bread a few days.
Camera film months to years.
Medicine days to years.
Etc Etc...

"hard copy" media could be printer toner/ink cartriges or even thermal paper.
"storage" media could be magnetic tape, disks, flash RAM cards.

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