allocation storage allocation | (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions |
repositing reposition storage warehousing | 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 |
storage | the act of storing something |
storage | the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials |
cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
acoustic storage | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
buffer buffer storage buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
cabinet locker storage locker | a storage compartment for clothes and valuables, usually it has a lock |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
memory device storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval |
non-volatile storage nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
read-only memory ROM read-only storage fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system |
shadow box | a shallow rectangular box with a transparent front used to protect and display small items (jewelry, coins, etc.) |
storage battery accumulator | a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
storage ring | container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used |
storage space | the area in any structure that provides space for storage |
storehouse depot entrepot storage store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
storeroom storage room stowage | a room in which things are stored |
tank storage tank | a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids |
virtual memory virtual storage | (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory, the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses |
volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off |
warehouse storage warehouse | a storehouse for goods and merchandise |
shadow | refuge from danger or observation, he felt secure in his father's shadow |
apparition phantom phantasm phantasma fantasm shadow | something existing in perception only, a ghostly apparition at midnight |
storage medium data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
magnetic storage medium magnetic medium magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
trace vestige tincture shadow | an indication that something has been present, there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim, a tincture of condescension |
galanty show shadow show shadow play | a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall |
shadow | a premonition of something adverse, a shadow over his happiness |
shadow cabinet | a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power, these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected |
rain shadow | an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it |
darkness dark shadow | an unilluminated area, he moved off into the darkness |
shadow | an inseparable companion, the poor child was his mother's shadow |
tail shadow shadower | a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements |
storage | (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk |
shadow | a dominating and pervasive presence, he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father |
shadow | shade within clear boundaries |
cold storage | in a state of abeyance or postponement |
hemochromatosis iron-storage disease iron overload bronzed diabetes | pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues, characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints |
shadow | follow, usually without the person's knowledge, The police are shadowing her |
shadow overshadow dwarf | make appear small by comparison, This year's debt dwarfs that of last year |
shadow shade shade off | cast a shadow over |
indubitably beyond doubt beyond a doubt beyond a shadow of a doubt | in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted, it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers, his guilt was established beyond a shadow of a doubt |