| 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 |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
| 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
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| data multiplexer | a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
| grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
| link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
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 |
| naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
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 |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
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 |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
| data conversion | conversion from one way of encoding data to another way |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
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 |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
file
data file | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together |
input file
input data | (computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program |
format
formatting
data format
data formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) |
National Climatic Data Center
NCDC | the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data |
| data hierarchy | an arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set |
data
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, statistical data |