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English

Etymology

store + -age

Noun

The act of storing goods or the state of being stored
A place for storing goods
The price charged for storing goods
That part of a computer, such as discs, where data is stored for subsequent retrieval (but compare memory).

Derived terms

digital storage

Translations

Portuguese: armazenagem

Portuguese: armazenagem

French: stockage

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Storage \Stor"age\, n.
1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe
keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
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2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.
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3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
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Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.
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WordNet storage
n 1: the act of storing something
2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, store]
3: the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
4: (computer science) the process of storing information in a
computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
5: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are
attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, {computer
storage}, store, memory board]
6: depositing in a warehouse [syn: repositing, reposition,
warehousing]

Moby Dictionary
RAM , admission , admission fee , allocation , anchorage , archives ,
armory , arsenal , assignment , attic , bank , basement , bay , bin ,
bonded warehouse , bookcase , box , brokerage , bunker , buttery ,
carfare , cargo dock , cellar , cellarage , charge , charges , chest ,
closet , cold storage , collocation , conservation , conservatory ,
cover charge , crate , crib , cupboard , custody , dead storage , demand ,
deployment , deposit , deposition , depository , depot , disk memory ,
disposition , dock , dockage , drawer , drum memory , dry storage , dues ,
dump , emplacement , entrance fee , exaction , exactment , exchequer ,
fare , fee , glory hole , godown , guardianship , high-speed memory ,
hire , hold , hutch , lading , library , license fee , loading ,
localization , locating , location , locker , lumber room , lumberyard ,
magasin , magazine , memory , memory tubes , packing , pilotage ,
pinpointing , placement , placing , portage , positioning , posting ,
preservation , putting , rack , repertory , reposition , repository ,
reservoir , rick , safekeeping , salvage , scot , scot and lot , shelf ,
shelf-room , shot , situation , spotting , stack , stack room ,
stationing , stock room , storage space , storage system ,
storage unit , store , storehouse , storeroom , stowage , supply base ,
supply depot , tank , tape memory , toll , towage , treasure house ,
treasure room , treasury , vat , vault , warehouse , warehousing ,
wharfage , wine cellar

FOLDOC 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.

(1995-12-24)