WordNet
n. a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer [syn: auxiliary storage, secondary storage]
Wikipedia
In computing, external storage comprises devices that temporarily store information for transporting from computer to computer. Such devices are not permanently fixed inside a computer.
Semiconductor memories are not sufficient to provide the whole storage capacity required in computers. The major limitation in using semiconductor memories is the cost per bit of the stored information. So to fulfill the large storage requirements of computers, magnetic disks and optical disks are generally used.
Usage examples of "external storage".
Then over to the right, that low flat shed, thats external storage and parking.
But the console only supported transfer to human minds or implantsthere were no connections for transfer to external storage.
They packed up all the food they could find in the shuttle, and stuffed the p-suits' external storage.
They packed up all the food they could find in the shuttle, and stuffed the p-suits external storage.
Ockerman opened an external storage compartment and pulled out a net woven of heavy plastic cord.