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nonvolatile storage

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nonvolatile storage [¦nän′väl·ə·təl ′stȯr·ij]
(computer science)
A computer storage medium that retains information in the absence of power, such as a magnetic tape, drum, or core. Also known as nonvolatile memory.


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In addition to providing high bandwidth aggregate data access to the cluster nodes, such systems can provide nonvolatile storage for computing checkpoints and can serve as a results gateway for making cluster results immediately available to downstream analysis and visualization tools for an emerging approach known as computational steering.
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