0 a piece of computer equipment in which information and instructions can be kept
This fact alone suggests that it is a poor candidate for a memory storage device.
For example, if memories can persist intact for the lifetime of an organism, then the memory storage device should be comparably enduring.
Dictation is the process by which the physician verbally records the encounter with the patient into a storage device, such as a cassette recorder.
Although the phonological loop is considered to be a storage device that is distinct from stored lexical phonological knowledge, it does not operate in isolation from more permanent knowledge representations.
Similarly, copying is often carried out by loading the contents of a disc, cassette or other permanent storage device directly into the computer's memory for further processing.
Early laptops simply had no built-in high-speed interface for supporting an external storage device.
A magnetic energy storage device like an inductor using a high permeability core material to transfer the magnetic energy could be especially built.
In practice, the performance is determined by the speed of the main memory or the storage device.