| 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 |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| 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 |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
hacksaw
hack saw
metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
| liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
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 |
| metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
| metal screw | screw made of metal |
| metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
non-volatile storage
nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off |
plating
metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
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 |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
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 |
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 |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
| precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage
mintage
specie
metal money | coins collectively |
| storage | (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk |
| 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 |
alloy
metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
| heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |