memory device
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1. a device that preserves information for retrieval (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | device, |
| definition | : | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | acoustic storage, |
| definition | : | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | buffer, buffer storage, buffer store, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | disc, disk, magnetic disc, magnetic disk, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mag tape, magnetic tape, tape, |
| definition | : | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | optical disc, optical disk, |
| definition | : | a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | push-down storage, push-down store, stack, |
| definition | : | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | recording, |
| definition | : | a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | register, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.artifact) |
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