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Noun (6 meanings)
1. the act of storing something.
storage is a type of:
types of storage:
- filing (noun) - preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
storage is derivationally related to:
- to store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away (verb) - keep or lay aside for future use
- to store (verb) - find a place for and put away for storage
2. a depository for goods.
Example:
- “storehouses were built close to the docks”
storage is a type of:
- depository, deposit, depositary, repository (noun) - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
types of storage:
- dump (noun) - a place where supplies can be stored
- granary, garner (noun) - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- magazine, powder store, powder magazine (noun) - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
- railhead (noun) - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- treasure house (noun) - a storehouse for treasures
- warehouse, storage warehouse (noun) - a storehouse for goods and merchandise
storage is derivationally related to:
- to store (verb) - find a place for and put away for storage
3. the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials.
storage is a type of:
- commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business (noun) - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
types of storage:
- cold storage (noun) - refrigerated storage for preservation
- stowage, stowing (noun) - the act of packing or storing away
- tankage (noun) - the act of storing in tanks
4. (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk.
storage is a type of:
- computer operation, machine operation (noun) - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
types of storage:
- fragmentation (noun) - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- computer science, computing (noun) - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
5. an electronic memory device.
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
Example:
- “a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
storage is a type of:
- hardware, computer hardware (noun) - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- memory device, storage device (noun) - a device that preserves information for retrieval
types of storage:
- non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage (noun) - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off
- read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage (noun) - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- real storage (noun) - the main memory in a virtual memory system
- scratchpad (noun) - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- virtual memory, virtual storage (noun) - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory
- volatile storage (noun) - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
storage is a part of:
- computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system (noun) - a machine for performing calculations automatically
parts of storage:
- register (noun) - (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
6. depositing in a warehouse.
Examples:
- “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”
storage is a type of:
- deposit, deposition (noun) - the act of putting something somewhere
types of storage:
- stockpiling (noun) - accumulating and storing a reserve supply