external storage

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandstorage

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external
adjective
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/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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storage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɔː.rɪdʒ/us
/ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ/
the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in ...
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(Definition ofexternalandstoragefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The rover must accommodate cold,externalstorageof samples that may be accessed by the robotic arm.
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First, we define primitives for selectively marshalling and unmarshalling values, to be communicated between processes or saved and restored fromexternalstorage.
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The computer could thus only be used withexternalstorage.
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In computing,externalstoragecomprises devices that temporarily store information for transporting from computer to computer.
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Early laptops simply had no built-in high-speed interface for supporting anexternalstoragedevice.
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Device installation settings can be used to prevent users from connectingexternalstoragedevices, as a means to prevent data theft.
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Punched paper tape was theexternalstoragemedium.
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The first model used an audio cassette forexternalstorage, though there was an expensive floppy disk option.
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In general, if a set of data structures needs to be included in multiple linked lists,externalstorageis the best approach.
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Externalstorageunits were available for the 405x series computers.
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Pass-through devices and flash firmware are no longer needed to read fromexternalstorage, which has caused a proliferation of all-in-one plug and play cards.
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In most modern computers and manyexternalstoragedevices, the memory is a one-dimensional array of words, whose indices are their addresses.
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The very earliest microcomputers, equipped with a front panel, required hand-loading of a bootstrap program to load programs fromexternalstorage(paper tape, cassettes, or eventually diskettes).
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Cloud.bg usesexternalstoragesystems to host the data.
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In systems that support virtual memory, a process may be swapped out, that is, removed from main memory and placed onexternalstorageby the scheduler.
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Upgrades to the server included conversion options to eight 2.5 inch hard disk drives or four 3.5 inch hard disk drives with an internal tape drive withexternalstoragearrays.
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