storage
storage
1. a charge made for storing
2. Computing
a. the act or process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape, disk, etc.
b. (as modifier): a storage device
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storage
[′stȯr·ij](computer science)
Any device that can accept, retain, and read back one or more times; the means of storing data may be chemical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, or sonic.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
storage
(storage)(Or "memory") A device into which data can be entered, in which they can be held, and from which they can be retrieved at a later time.
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