destage

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verb

To asynchronously write new or updated data from a cache or nonvolatile storage to a direct access storage device.

“A root item of data is located, and then a working set of data is collected by identifying additional data in the cache that will be destaged to locations in the storage device adjacent to the root item of data.”

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Meanings

verbdestage (third-person singular simple present destages, present participle destaging, simple past and past participle destaged)

present singular third person destages · participle present destaging · participle past destaged · past destaged

  1. computingTo asynchronously write new or updated data from a cache or nonvolatile storage to a direct access storage device.

    A root item of data is located, and then a working set of data is collected by identifying additional data in the cache that will be destaged to locations in the storage device adjacent to the root item of data.

Origin

From de- + stage.

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APA

destage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destage

MLA

“destage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destage.

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