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 |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
clothing store haberdashery haberdashery store mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery confectionary candy store | a confectioner's shop |
convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
department store emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house discount store discounter wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
florist florist shop flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
hardware store ironmonger ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
magazine powder store powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
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 |
mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
munition ordnance ordnance store | military supplies |
package store liquor store off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
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) |
shoe shop shoe-shop shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
storehouse depot entrepot storage store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
thriftshop second-hand store | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
rat cheese store cheese | informal names for American cheddar |
jewelry dealer jewelry store | a firm that sells and buys jewelry |
department section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
business department | a division of a business firm |
advertising department advertising division | the division of a business that is responsible for advertising |
editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
personnel department personnel office personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |