| 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 |
| computer network | (computer science) a network of computers |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
local area network
LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
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 |
net
network
mesh
meshing meshwork | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals |
| network | (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs, the networks compete to broadcast important sports events |
| network electronic network | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits |
| network | a system of intersecting lines or channels, a railroad network, a network of canals |
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 |
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 |
| T-network | a circuit formed by two equal series circuits with a shunt between them |
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 |
wide area network
WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
wireless local area network
WLAN
wireless fidelity
WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
Purkinje network
Purkinje's tissue
Purkinje's system | a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract |
neural network
neural net | any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body |
| topology network topology | the configuration of a communication network |
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 |
| network programming | the schedule of programs to be broadcast on a network |
neural network
neural net | computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons, can learn by trial and error |
| network architecture | specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors |
| network army | a group of like-minded people united by the internet, a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern, a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it |
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN | a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering |
International Relations and Security Network
ISN | Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations |
network
web | an interconnected system of things or people, he owned a network of shops, retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life, tangled in a web of cloth |
| espionage network | a network of spies |
| old boy network | an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics), professional women have developed an old boy network of their own |