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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Storage  \Stor"age\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  depositing  in  a  store  or  warehouse  for  safe 
  keeping;  also  the  safe  keeping  of  goods  in  a  warehouse. 
 
  2.  Space  for  the  safe  keeping  of  goods. 
 
  3.  The  price  changed  for  keeping  goods  in  a  store. 
 
  {Storage  battery}.  (Physics)  See  the  Note  under  {Battery}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  storage 
  n  1:  the  act  of  storing  something 
  2:  a  depository  for  goods;  "storehouses  were  built  close  to  the 
  docks"  [syn:  {storehouse},  {depot},  {entrepot},  {store}] 
  3:  the  commercial  enterprise  of  storing  goods  and  materials 
  4:  an  electronic  memory  device;  "a  memory  and  the  CPU  form  the 
  central  part  of  a  computer  to  which  peripherals  are 
  attached"  [syn:  {memory},  {store},  {memory  board}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  storage 
 
    (Or  "memory")  A  device  into  which  data  can  be 
  entered,  in  which  they  can  be  held,  and  from  which  they  can  be 
  retrieved  at  a  later  time. 
 
  (1995-12-24) 
 
 




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