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Storage

noun

The act of storing something.

A depository for goods. Synonyms: depot, entrepot, store, storehouse.

The commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials.

(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk.

An electronic memory device. Synonyms: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store.

Depositing in a warehouse. Synonyms: repositing, reposition, warehousing. "My car is in storage" , "Publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"

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"Storage" Quotes from Famous Books

... they wound their way cautiously among the bushes, they suddenly found themselves close to a long low block of buildings which, being entirely in darkness, they surmised must be sheds devoted to the storage of the gardeners' tools, implements, and paraphernalia generally, and they at once halted and subjected the buildings to careful examination; for, their weapons having been taken away from them by the ...

— Two Gallant Sons of Devon - A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess • Harry Collingwood

... there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to build one other); beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive clearance of forest undergrowth ...

— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... before storing and are set away in a covered basket, usually in the upper part of the dwelling. Only one or two cargoes are grown by each family, so little space is needed for storage. ...

— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks

... of public granaries (horrea publica) for the maintenance of the lower classes was also accepted and favored by Christian Rome. On page 250 of my "Ancient Rome," I have spoken of the warehouses for the storage of wheat, built by Sulpicius Galba on the plains of Testaccio, near the Porta S. Paolo, named for him horrea galbana, even after their purchase by the state. These public granaries originated at the time of Caius Gracchus ...

— Pagan and Christian Rome • Rodolfo Lanciani

... generally found Baedeker's Hand Book the most reliable guide as to the relative merits of the hotels. It is a poorly appointed hotel that does not now have a garage of some sort, and in many cases, necessary supplies are available. Some even go so far as to charge the storage batteries, or "accumulators," as they are always called in Britain, and to afford facilities for the motorist ...

— British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car - Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, - Wales And Scotland • Thomas D. Murphy

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