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Noun storage has 6 senses

storage - the act of storing something
--₁ is a kind of retention, keeping, holding
--₁ has particulars: filing
Derived forms: verb store₂, verb store₁
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
--₂ is a kind of depository, deposit, repository
--₂ has particulars:
granary, garner; magazine, powder store, powder magazine; railhead; treasure house; warehouse, storage warehouse
storage - the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
--₃ is a kind of commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
--₃ has particulars: cold storage; stowage, stowing; tankage
storage - (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
--₄ is a kind of computer operation, machine operation
--₄ has particulars: fragmentation
memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board - an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
--₅ is a kind of memory device, storage device; hardware, computer hardware
--₅ is a part of
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
--₅ has parts: register
--₅ has particulars:
non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage; read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage; real storage; scratchpad; virtual memory, virtual storage; volatile storage
repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing - depositing in a warehouse
--₆ is a kind of deposit, deposition
--₆ has particulars: stockpiling