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mass storage
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Permanent peripheral storage such as disks and tapes. Contrast with "temporary memory." The "mass" is used for emphasis, as "storage" is sufficient. At one time, it meant very large storage; however, the term is also used to refer to USB drives, which have very small capacities compared to disk. See magnetic disk, optical disc and magnetic tape.

Mass Storage on a Deck of Cards
In the 1960s, a roomful of these Card Random Access Memory (CRAM) units provided 176 megabytes of direct access mass storage, a huge capacity for that era. See CRAM for more details. (Image courtesy of NCR Corporation.)



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