storage device
noun
1.
a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
Examples from the web for
storage devices
The government seized, among other items, several computers and
storage devices
containing digital information.
These two units featured a magnetic
storage devices
, making them among the first machines to provide word processing capability.
Not so the
storage devices
-the disks or tapes on which you store information when the machine is turned off.
Engineers make progress toward new green fuels and energy
storage devices
.
Hydraulic and pneumatic
storage devices
which are a ton cheaper than batteries.
Batteries, aka electrical
storage devices
, are one area of technology that has not had the huge leaps of other areas.
Batteries and other
storage devices
do not compare well with liquid biofuels in terms of energy density.
For makers of computers,
storage devices
and high-speed networks, that is grim news.
All will eventually fill with silt and become functionally useless as water
storage devices
.
Since digitized books occupy no shelf space they can remain in print and in stock as long as digital
storage devices
survive.
British Dictionary definitions for
storage devices
storage device
noun
1.
a piece of computer equipment, such as a magnetic tape, disk, etc, in or on which data and instructions can be stored, usually in binary form
storage devices
in Science
storage device
(stôr'ĭj)
A hardware device, such as a CD-ROM or hard disk in a computer, used to record and store data.