Dictionary Definition
storage
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Derived terms
Translations
the act or the state
- Portuguese: armazenagem
the price
- Portuguese: armazenagem
computing
- French: stockage
Extensive Definition
The term Storage may refer to:
- Warehouse, a commercial building for storage of goods
- Self storage, public storage facility
- Food storage, containers such as Tupperware and Rubbermaid brands
- Storage tank
- Dry cask storage, storing high-level radioactive waste
- Data storage device
- Computer data storage
- Specific storage
- Containerization, a shipping container, storage for cargo transport
See also
storage in Catalan: Memòria
storage in German: Storage
storage in Spanish: Memoria
storage in Interlingua (International Auxiliary
Language Association): Memoria
storage in Simple English: Storage
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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