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storage
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[ noun ] the act of storing something
Used in print (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)Surface temperature_gradients have been found to exist in liquid helium baths contained in 15 - and 25 - liter metallic storage dewars . (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Implementation of the latter requires storage of information needed only for synthesis . A random storage scheme , based on the spelling of forms , provides an economical way to compile this text form list . For this step the computer memory is separated into three regions : cells in the W_region are used for storage of the forms in the text form list ; cells in the X-region and Y_region are reserved as information cells for text forms . Each entry that is selected for storage is written into the next available cells of the W-region . |
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[ noun ] a depository for goods
Synonyms Examples "storehouses were built close to the docks" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Natural_gas public_utility companies would be given the right of eminent_domain , under a bill by Sen._Frank_Owen /3 , of El_Paso , to acquire sites for underground storage reservoirs for gas . Related terms depository warehouse railhead granary treasure_house magazine store |
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[ noun ] (business) the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
Used in print (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Nothing came of it , perhaps due_to lack of opportunity for water storage . Related terms |
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[ noun ] depositing in a warehouse
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[ noun ] (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
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[ noun ] (computer science) an electronic memory device
Examples "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
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