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Definition of Storage
1. Noun. The act of storing something.
Specialized synonyms: Filing
Derivative terms: Store, Store
2. Noun. A depository for goods. "Storehouses were built close to the docks"
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Depositary, Depository, Repository
Specialized synonyms: Dump, Garner, Granary, Magazine, Powder Magazine, Powder Store, Railhead, Treasure House, Storage Warehouse, Warehouse
Derivative terms: Store
3. Noun. The commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials.
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
4. Noun. (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk.
Generic synonyms: Computer Operation, Machine Operation
Specialized synonyms: Fragmentation
5. Noun. An electronic memory device. "A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Group relationships: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Generic synonyms: Computer Hardware, Hardware, Memory Device, Storage Device
Specialized synonyms: Non-volatile Storage, Nonvolatile Storage, Fixed Storage, Read-only Memory, Read-only Storage, Rom, Real Storage, Scratchpad, Virtual Memory, Virtual Storage, Volatile Storage
Terms within: Register
6. Noun. Depositing in a warehouse. "Publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Deposition
Specialized synonyms: Stockpiling
Derivative terms: Reposit, Reposit, Warehouse
Definition of Storage
1. n. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
Definition of Storage
1. Noun. The act of storing goods or the state of being stored ¹
2. Noun. (countable in Australia) A place for storing goods ¹
3. Noun. The price charged for storing goods ¹
4. Noun. (computing) That part of a computer, such as disks, where data is stored for longer-term retrieval than from memory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Storage
1. a place for storing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storage
Literary usage of Storage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Mention has already been made of the storage weakness of the Yellow Newtown and
other varieties grown in the Central Pacific coast district of California. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"From the "chill" room the meat is run into the cold-storage rooms and hung on rails,
... The choicest pieces are kept at least four weeks in cold storage, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"From the "chill" room the meat is run into the cold-storage rooms and hung on rails,
... The choicest pieces are kept at least four weeks in cold storage, ..."
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