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...

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

long-term storage and archive. Initially, magnetic tape for data storage was wound on 10.5-inch (27 cm) reels. This standard for large computer systems...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

a commercial building for storage of goods Cloud storage Computer data storage, a means to retain digital data Data storage, general recording and retention...

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...

In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in the computer system which involves the distribution of data in to smaller pieces which storage space...

and the state of Norway establish Tandberg Data, rescuing the data storage and computer terminal divisions from the ashes. Siemens holds 51% of the new...

Distributed block storage is a computer data storage architecture that the data is stored in volumes (known as blocks, a term dating back to Project Stretch)...