"storage" | Definition and Related Words

storage

Noun

The act of storing something (synset 100813016)
is a type of: holding, keeping, retention - the act of retaining something

subtypes: filing - preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
A depository for goods (synset 104336328)
"storehouses were built close to the docks"

is a type of: deposit, depositary, depository, repository - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
subtypes:
- dump - a place where supplies can be stored
- garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- magazine, powder magazine, powder store - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
- railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- treasure house - a storehouse for treasures
- storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise
same as: depot, entrepot, store, storehouse
The commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials (synset 100813322)
is a type of: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
subtypes:
- cold storage - refrigerated storage for preservation
- stowage, stowing - the act of packing or storing away
- tankage - the act of storing in tanks
(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk (synset 113583336)
referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

is a type of: computer operation, machine operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform

subtypes: fragmentation - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
An electronic memory device (synset 103749767)
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
is a type of:
- computer hardware, hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval
subtypes:
- non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
- fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- real storage - the main memory in a virtual memory system
- scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- virtual memory, virtual storage - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
- volatile storage - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
has: 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

is a part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

same as: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store
Depositing in a warehouse (synset 100373415)
"they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"

is a type of: deposit, deposition - the act of putting something somewhere

subtypes: stockpiling - accumulating and storing a reserve supply

same as: repositing, reposition, warehousing

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