English > memory device: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A device that preserves information for retrieval. |
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| Synonym | storage device |
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| Narrower | acoustic storage | A storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
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| auxiliary storage, external storage, secondary storage | A data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
| buffer, buffer storage, buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device |
| magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
| magnetic tape, mag tape, tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide |
| memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board | An electronic memory device |
| optical disk, optical disc | A disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface |
| push-down storage, push-down store, stack | A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
| recording | A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded |
| 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 |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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| Spanish | dispositivo de memoria |
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| Catalan | dispositiu de memòria |
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