Storage
Storage is the at least semi-permanent holding of an amount of something. A storage device is an apparatus for holding things. Another general term, is container. Depending on context it may have a more specific meaning. A tank is a container for liquid, e.g. water or petroleum.
Storage furniture includes:
For cool storage a refrigerator is used.
A closet is something between a piece of furniture and a room.
Storage buildings include a warehouse and a depot.
One form of waste management is storing the waste. See e.g. dry cask storage.
More abstractly:
- In physics, a capacitor is said to store electric charge.
- Books are said to store knowledge, or even wisdom.
- Storage of information in memory; also, computers, hard drives and RAM are said to store information, see Computer storage).
See also hoarding.
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