memory device

1. A device that preserves information for retrieval (synset 103750331)
   is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
   subtypes:

   • acoustic storage - a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines
   • auxiliary storage, external storage, secondary storage - a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer
   • buffer, buffer storage, buffer store - (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
   • disc, disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
   • mag tape, magnetic tape, tape - memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information
   • computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store - an electronic memory device
   • optical disc, optical disk - a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface
   • push-down storage, push-down store, stack - a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
   • recording - a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
   • register - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
   same as: storage device

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