What does "Minting" mean?

What does "Minting" mean?

“Minting an NFT” is just another way of saying “storing on the blockchain”. If an NFT is a blockchain-based token that proves ownership of digital items such as an image, music or video files, “minting an NFT” refers to converting those digital files into digital assets stored on the blockchain.
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