store
1. an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services
3. a storage place such as a warehouse or depository
4. Computing chiefly Brit another name for
memory 5. a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
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store
[stȯr] (computer science)
To record data into a (static) data storage device.
To preserve data in a storage device.
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store
1. A place where goods are kept for sale; a shop.
2. A place where goods or materials are accumulated and kept for future use.
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store
(jargon)In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the
preferred synonym for
core. Thus, "bringing a program into
store" means that a program is being
swapped in from
backing store to
main store.
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store
To copy the data from the computer's memory (RAM) to an internal storage device such as a disk or SSD or to an external storage device such as a disk, SSD or USB drive. "Store" and "save" are synonymous. See Save As.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.