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English

Etymology

store + -age

Noun

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


Derived terms


Translations

fr:storage io:storage id:storage it:storage kk:storage lt:storage hu:storage pl:storage ru:storage fi:storage ta:storage vi:storage zh:storage

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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.
[1913 Webster]

3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
[1913 Webster]

Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.
[1913 Webster]
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)


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