NON-VOLATILE STORAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does non-volatile storage mean? 

• NON-VOLATILE STORAGE (noun)
  The noun NON-VOLATILE STORAGE has 1 sense:

1. computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off

  Familiarity information: NON-VOLATILE STORAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NON-VOLATILE STORAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

non-volatile storage; nonvolatile storage

Hypernyms ("non-volatile storage" is a kind of...):

computer memory; computer storage; memory; memory board; storage; store (an electronic memory device)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "non-volatile storage"):

flash memory (nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew)

magnetic bubble memory (a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers)

Antonym:

volatile storage (computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off)