secondary storage

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noun Computers.

storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.

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Also called auxiliary storage, auxiliary memory, external storage, secondary memory .

Words nearby secondary storage

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Example sentences from the Web for secondary storage

Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.
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Over the past three years, Michigan has had an average price close to $200 on the secondary market.
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He fooled around a lot, and was asked to leave his secondary school.
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More importantly, Medicaid served as a secondary insurance to his primary insurance.
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A storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange.
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(b) In secondary anemia plaques are generally increased, although sometimes decreased.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Severe secondary anemia sometimes gives an identical picture.
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A bailee who was a cold storage keeper, stated in his receipt "all damage to property is at the owner's risk."
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The red corpuscles show the changes usual in severe secondary anemia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Even the storage of gasoline in suitable tanks set down in the earth is not a nuisance.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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