auxiliary storage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

auxiliary storage
    n 1: a data storage device that is not the main memory of a
         computer [syn: {auxiliary storage}, {external storage},
         {secondary storage}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

auxiliary storage

   <storage> An obsolete term for a {hard disk} {drive}.

   (1997-04-14)

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