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AUXILIARY STORAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auxiliary storage mean? 

AUXILIARY STORAGE (noun)
  The noun AUXILIARY STORAGE has 1 sense:

1. a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computerplay

  Familiarity information: AUXILIARY STORAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUXILIARY STORAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auxiliary storage; external storage; secondary storage

Hypernyms ("auxiliary storage" is a kind of...):

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)


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