A permanent storehouse of data. The term is often used to lump the storage of all types of data structures (files, databases, text documents, etc.) into one generic category.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
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