storage

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of storing goods

   The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

   • There's a lot of storage in the loft.
2. 2

   An object or place in which something is stored.

   • Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.
3. 3

   Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term…

   Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.

   • I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.
   • Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on.
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   1. 4

      The price charged for storing goods.

   2. 5

      To put into storage

      To put into storage; to store.

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