storage meaning and definition

STORAGE noun

Definition of storage (noun)

1. the act of storing something
2. a depository for goods
   • "storehouses were built close to the docks"
   • synonyms: depot, entrepot, store, storehouse
3. the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
4. (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
5. an electronic memory device
   • "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
   • synonyms: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store
6. depositing in a warehouse
   • "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
   • synonyms: repositing, reposition, warehousing