storage (n.)

  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 , memory , computer memory , computer memory , computer storage , computer storage , store , store , memory board , memory board ]

  6. depositing in a warehouse; 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

    [ Syn: repositing , reposition , warehousing ]

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