virtual storage

noun, Computers.
1.
a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
Also called virtual memory.
Compare real storage.
Origin
1970-75
Examples from the web for virtual storage
  • Another possible storage option to consider would be virtual storage.
British Dictionary definitions for virtual storage

virtual storage

noun
1.
a computer system in which the size of the memory is effectively increased by automatically transferring sections of a program from a large capacity backing store, such as a disk, into the smaller core memory as they are required