tertiary storage

noun

A high-capacity, low-cost tier of data storage primarily used for archiving and backing up massive, infrequently accessed data sets.

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Meanings

nountertiary storage (countable and uncountable, plural tertiary storages)

plural tertiary storages

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA high-capacity, low-cost tier of data storage primarily used for archiving and backing up massive, infrequently accessed data sets.
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