storage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɔɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈstɔː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈstoː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin īnstaurō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin īnstaurāreder. Anglo-Norman storbor. Middle English store English store Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English storage From store + -age.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
There's a lot of storage in the loft.
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(countable, usually) An object or place in which something is stored.
Melbourne's water storages plunged by 0.7 per cent in a week, down to 33.1 per cent capacity, as Victoria recorded its second-driest January on record.
2009 February 1, Staff writers, “Fires rage as business counts cost”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2009:2011 (2008), Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press (translator), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 115, Underground natural gas storages are underground facilities for storing natural gas. At present, there are three types of underground natural gas storages worldwide, which include depleted oil and gas reservoir gas storages, salt-cave gas storages and aquifer storages.
2012, A. Grinham, B. Gibbes, D. Gale, M. Watkinson, M. Bartow (University of Queensland), Extreme rainfall and drinking water quality: a regional perspective, C. A. Brebbia, Water Pollution XI, page 187, Low impact storages included the northern and southern region′s Cooloolabin Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Leslie Harrison Dam, Hinze Dam and Little Nerang Dam. Highly impacted storages included central region′s Wivenhoe Dam, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam (Fig. 2), where TSS concentrations in these central storages where more than double compared to northern and southern storages (Fig. 2A).
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(uncountable, usually) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.
Secondary storages are used to store system programs (viz; operating system, assembler, interpreter, compiler and so on), data files, software packages and so on.
2007, Ramesh Bangia, Computer Fundamentals and Information Technology, India: Firewall Media, page 43:I′d recommend backing up these files to storage before reinstalling the operating system.
- (uncountable, usually) The price charged for storing goods.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
storage polysaccharide · storage time · storage location · storage unit · storage tuber · prestorage · secondary storage · tertiary storage · storage engine · self-storage · real storage · storage battery · nonstorage · storage power station · charge storage · server-side storage · storage ring · storage hypervisor · cryostorage · client-side storage · microstorage · storage station · storage medium · storage device · storage area network · storage organ · storage tube · auxiliary storage · warm storage · storage cell · storage heater · virtual storage · storage drive · restorage · cold storage · working-storage section · mass storage · storage wall · primary storage · storage protein · storage life
Hyponyms
digital storage · cloud storage
Translations (115)
fi säilytys (act or state) · is geymsla (act or state) · ru накопи́тель (computing) · gl almacenaxe (act or state) · sv lagring (act or state) · sv magasinering (act or state) · ro stocare (computing) · hi गोदाम (place) · cmn 存儲 /存储 (computing) · he מַחְסָן (place) · fr stockage (act or state) · de Lager (place) · kix vēihìu (traditional container used for storing or keeping rice) · es almacenaje (act or state) · de Lagerung (act or state) · mi rokirokinga (place) · pt depósito (place) · es almacenamiento (computing) · pt armazenamento (computing) · es bodega (place) · th ที่เก็บข้อมูล (computing) · it deposito (place) · fr stockage (computing) · fr entrepôt (place) · bg складиране (act or state) · es almacenaje (price) · grc ἀπόθεσις (act or state) · is geymsla (computing) · ro memorare (computing) · is geymsla (place) · mi pātengi (computing) · it accumulo (act or state) · pl schowek (place) · ro înmagazinare (act or state) · ca emmagatzematge (act or state) · fi säilö (place) · pt armazenagem (act or state) · ru пла́та за хране́ние (price) · it magazzino (place) · yue 儲存 /储存 (computing) · ru хране́ние (act or state) · ga costas (price) · ru сохране́ние (act or state) · hu tárolás (act or state) · vi thiết bị lưu trữ (computing) · pt armazém (place) · hu tároló (computing) · hu tárhely (computing) · mk склад (place) · nan-hbl 儲存 /储存 (computing) · cs úložiště (computing) · cmn 儲藏室 /储藏室 (place) · mi rokirokinga (act or state) · ru ЗУ (computing) · ru запомина́ющее устро́йство (computing) · es almacenaje (computing) · pl skład (place) · sv magasin (place) · fi tiedontallennusväline (computing) · fi säilytyspaikka (place) · hak 儲存 /储存 (computing) · sv lagerutrymme (place) · ru склад (place) · hi भंडारण (act or state) · sv förvaring (act or state) · pl przechowalnia (place) · an almagazenache (act or state) · ro depozitare (act or state) · it memorizzazione (computing) · pl zbiornica (place) · fi säilytyskulu (price) · fi tallennusväline (computing) · bg памет (computing) · bg съхранение (act or state) · cs úložné (price) · fi massamuisti (computing) · es almacenamiento (act or state) · sv magasinsutrymme (place) · ru храни́лище (place) · ru па́мять (computing) · nl opslag (act or state) · de Speicherung (act or state) · ro magazie (place) · it immagazzinamento (act or state) · sv förråd (place) · no lager (computing) · bg склад (place) · cmn 儲存 /储存 (computing) · gl almacenamento (computing) · fi säilytystila (place) · am መጋዘን (place) · sv lager (place) · pt armazenagem (price) · mi putunga (place) · pl składnica (place) · fi varastointi (price) · cmn 存儲 /存储 (act or state) · ro acumulare (act or state) · fi varasto (place) · ro rezervor (place) · sv magasinshyra (price) · ja 貯蔵 (act or state) · de Speicher (computing) · da lager (place) · no lager (place) · fi varastointi (act or state) · bg храни́лище (place) · hu tároló (place) · ja 保管 (act or state) · ca emmagatzematge (computing) · fa حافظه (computing) · pl składzik (place) · es almacén (place) · ro depozit (place) · fr mémorisation (computing)