mass storage

noun

Any form of data storage (non-volatile memory) with high capacity relative to that of the faster volatile memory of computers (of its time).

“The mass storage of the network consisted of 40 megabytes of Bernoulli boxes.”

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Meanings

nounmass storage (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputer hardwareAny form of data storage (non-volatile memory) with high capacity relative to that of the faster volatile memory of computers (of its time).

    The mass storage of the network consisted of 40 megabytes of Bernoulli boxes.

Translations

German Massenspeicher
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