Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data...

medium is sometimes called digital data. Computer data storage is one of the core functions of a general-purpose computer. Electronic documents can be stored...

the present day. Tape was an important medium for primary data storage in early computers, typically using large open reels of 7-track, later 9-track...

In computing (specifically data transmission and data storage), a block, sometimes called a physical record, is a sequence of bytes or bits, usually containing...

Digital Data Storage (DDS) is a computer data storage technology based upon the Digital Audio Tape (DAT) format that was developed during the 1980s. DDS...

mass storage: local data in devices such as smartphones or computers, and enterprise servers and data centers for the cloud. For local storage, SSDs...

once an important form of computer data storage as both paper tape and punch cards were a common staple of working with computers before the 1980s. Before...

of computer data storage devices (e.g. disk storage, hard disk drives, optical discs, floppy disks, and magnetic tape), and early computer storage methods...

In computer data storage, data striping is the technique of segmenting logically sequential data, such as a file, so that consecutive segments are stored...

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group...

Object storage (also known as object-based storage or blob storage) is a computer data storage approach that manages data as "blobs" or "objects", as opposed...

hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases spans formal techniques and practical considerations, including data modeling, efficient...

computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. Information technology is an application of computer...

Disk storage (also sometimes called drive storage) is a data storage mechanism based on a rotating disk. The recording employs various electronic, magnetic...

Data at rest in information technology means data that is housed physically on computer data storage in any digital form (e.g. cloud storage, file hosting...

(CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices such as a...

subvolumes. Application checkpointing Persistence (computer science) Sandbox (computer security) Storage Hypervisor System image Virtual machine WAFL is...

In computer architecture, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time. Since response time, complexity, and...

Data pass in and out of computers via peripheral devices. Physical computer memory elements consist of an address and a byte/word of data storage. Digital...

Cloud storage is a model of computer data storage in which data, said to be on "the cloud", is stored remotely in logical pools and is accessible to users...

A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily...

practice by storing the state as data in computer data storage. Programs have to transfer data to and from storage devices and have to provide mappings...

information bits that can be stored on a given physical space of a computer storage medium. There are three types of density: length (linear density) of...

are widely used to store computer data as well as audio and video signals. In the field of computing, the term magnetic storage is preferred and in the...

storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. Blu-ray Disc is capable of storing about 5 times as much data as a standard DVD. Most computers do...

computer storage, cold data refers to data that is rarely accessed, therefore considered "cold". Cold data is the opposite of hot data, which is data...

Direct-attached storage (DAS) is digital storage directly attached to the computer accessing it, as opposed to storage accessed over a computer network (i...

Hierarchical storage management (HSM), also known as tiered storage, is a data storage and data management technique that automatically moves data between...

Append-only is a property of computer data storage such that new data can be appended to the storage, but where existing data is immutable. Many file systems'...

Solid-state storage (SSS) is non-volatile computer storage that has no moving parts; it uses only electronic circuits. This solid-state design dramatically...