From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
storage
n 1: the act of storing something
2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, store]
3: the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
4: (computer science) the process of storing information in a
computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
5: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are
attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, {computer
storage}, store, memory board]
6: depositing in a warehouse [syn: repositing, reposition,
warehousing]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Storage \Stor"age\, n.
1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe
keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
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2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.
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3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
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Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
storage
<storage> (Or "memory") A device into which data can be
entered, in which they can be held, and from which they can be
retrieved at a later time.
(1995-12-24)