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store

1. an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services
2. short for department store
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.
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But the measure in itself would not be sufficient to forge coordination or eliminate a mismatch of perceptions among senior provincial officials, the analyst pointed out, suggesting the president set store by professional skills and experience in the process of appointing governors and give them more authority.
Pyongyang's statement Tuesday said its decision to participate in the games ''is a clear proof of its patriotic will and broad magnanimity to set store by the June 15 (2000) North-South Joint Declaration and achieve national cooperation in its basic spirit.''
To those who set store by appearances, most of those who were having a good time on Sunday would almost certainly have been objects of ridicule.
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