storage device

American  

noun

1. a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.

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storage device British  

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

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storage device Scientific  

/ stôr′ĭj /

1. A hardware device, such as a CD-ROM or hard disk in a computer, used to record and store data.

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Etymology

Origin of storage device

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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storage device

—Bitcoin fell on concerns about an ongoing hack of a popular bitcoin storage device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

If a storage device could be made with multiferroic materials, the domains could be switched by a faster, much lower-power electric field.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

The police then raided his home, seizing phones, a storage device, a tablet and a computer.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

Police searched his College Park home last week and seized cell phones as well as a storage device, tablet and computer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

A letter to a Russian colonel offering to send a "book from the defence section" classified as "official-sensitive" was found on a storage device.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023