"storage device" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: storage devices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} storage device (plural storage devices)
  1. (computer hardware) A piece of hardware whose main function is to store data. Wikipedia link: storage device Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (piece of hardware for storage of data): tallennusväline (Finnish), συσκευή αποθήκευσης (syskeví apothíkefsis) [feminine] (Greek), urządzenie pamięci masowej [neuter] (Polish), dispositivo de armazenamento [masculine] (Portuguese), memorie [feminine] (Romanian), dispozitiv de memorare [neuter] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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