storage

View more Technology videos

The permanent holding place for digital data, until purposely erased. Storage implies a repository that retains its content without power. Storage mostly means magnetic disks, solid state disks and USB drives. The term may also refer to magnetic tapes and optical discs (CDs, DVDs, etc.). Storage specifically does not mean the computer's main memory. Main memory, which comprises DRAM and SRAM chips, is a temporary workspace for executing instructions and processing data, and these chips do not hold their content when the power is turned off.

Storage Vs. Memory - More Confusing All the Time

Over the years, some vendors have referred to disks and tapes as "memory" products, which blurs the distinction between storage and memory. To further confuse things, "memory" cards in digital cameras and the flash "memory" in USB drives are storage devices that do, in fact, hold their content without power. See storage vs. memory, memory, dynamic RAM and static RAM. For summaries of all storage technologies, see magnetic disk, magnetic tape and optical disc.

Download Computer Desktop Encyclopedia to your PC, iPhone or Android.

(DOD) 1. The retention of data in any form, usually for the purpose of orderly retrieval and documentation. 2. A device consisting of electronic, electrostatic, electrical, hardware, or other elements into which data may be entered, and from which data may be obtained as desired. See also ammunition and toxic material open space; bin storage; bulk storage; igloo space; large-lot storage; medium-lot storage; open improved storage space; open unimproved wet space; small-lot storage.

IN BRIEF: A place or space for putting things away and keeping them for awhile.

Our new house has no storage space! There are boxes piled everywhere and we have nowhere to put them.

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

For a list of words related to storage, see:

• Memory and Data Storage - storage: memory

---

See words rhyming with "storage."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Storage.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opbevaring, lager, opmagasinering, oplagring, lagerrum, pakhusleje

idioms:

• storage battery    akkumulator
• storage heater    akkumulerende radiator

Nederlands (Dutch)
bergplaats, opslag, computergeheugen

Français (French)
n. - entreposage, stockage, classement, accumulation (de), garde-meuble, (Comm) entrepôt, (gén) espace de rangement, (Comput) mémoire, mise en mémoire

idioms:

• storage battery    accumulateur
• storage heater    radiateur électrique à accumulation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lagerraum, Aufbewahrung, Speicherung, Lagergebühr

idioms:

• storage battery    Akkumulator
• storage heater    Nachtspeicherofen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποθήκευση, (υπόγεια) αποθήκη (πολυκατοικίας κ.λπ.), αποθήκευτρα, (Η/Υ) αποθήκευση δεδομένων

idioms:

• storage battery    ηλεκτρικός συσσωρευτής, μπαταρία
• storage heater    θερμοσυσσωρευτής

Italiano (Italian)
magazzino, memoria, immagazzinamento

idioms:

• storage battery    accumulatore
• storage heater    calorifero ad accumulazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - armazenagem (f)

idioms:

• storage battery    bateria que armazena energia
• storage heater    aquecimento que utiliza durante o dia o calor armazenado à noite

Русский (Russian)
хранение, склад

idioms:

• storage battery    аккумулятор
• storage heater    тепловой аккумулятор

Español (Spanish)
n. - trastero, despensa, almacén, depósito, memoria, almacenamiento

idioms:

• storage battery    acumulador, batería
• storage heater    placa acumuladora, calefactor eléctrico que acumula el calor durante la noche

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lagring, magasinering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
存储器, 保管, 储藏

idioms:

• storage battery    蓄电池
• storage heater    电蓄热器, 晚上电耗量少时蓄热

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 記憶體, 保管, 儲藏

idioms:

• storage battery    蓄電池
• storage heater    電蓄熱器, 晚上電耗量少時蓄熱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저장, 창고, 보관료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貯蔵, 収納, 蓄電, 貯蔵所, 記憶装置, 倉敷き料

idioms:

• storage battery    蓄電池
• storage heater    蓄熱ヒーター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خزن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אחסנה, מחסן, דמי אחסנה‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.