STORAGE DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does storage device mean? 

• STORAGE DEVICE (noun)
  The noun STORAGE DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. a device that preserves information for retrieval

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORAGE DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that preserves information for retrieval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

memory device; storage device

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

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "storage device"):

acoustic storage (a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines)

auxiliary storage; external storage; secondary storage (a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer)

buffer; buffer storage; buffer store ((computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)

disc; disk; magnetic disc; magnetic disk ((computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored)

mag tape; magnetic tape; tape (memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information)

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

optical disc; optical disk (a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface)

push-down storage; push-down store; stack (a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO))

recording (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)

register ((computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with the premature ending of the charging process (e.g. of a battery or other charge storage device).

(Charge Aborted Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with inability to initiate the appropriate charging process (e.g. of a battery or other charge storage device).

(Failure to Charge Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with the failure of a battery or other charge storage device to appropriately discharge as intended.

(Failure to Discharge Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)