holding, retention, keeping - the act of keeping in your possession

filing - preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"

depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

powder magazine, powder store, magazine - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution

treasure house - a storehouse for treasures

storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise

cold storage - refrigerated storage for preservation

stowing, stowage - the act of packing or storing away

tankage - the act of storing in tanks

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

computer operation, machine operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform

fragmentation - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"

computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

computer hardware, hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system

memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval

non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage - computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off

fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, ROM - (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed

real storage - the main memory in a virtual memory system

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

scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information

virtual memory, virtual storage - (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses

volatile storage - computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off

deposition, deposit - the act of putting something somewhere

stockpiling - accumulating and storing a reserve supply; "the stockpiling of war materials"