real storage
- noun
- Specialized
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almacenamiento real
- When real storage is exhausted, the system relies more on virtual memory, which can slow down performance.
Examples
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The operating system allocates real storage to ensure that critical processes have enough memory to run efficiently.
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Upgrading your laptop increases the amount of real storage available for applications and the operating system.
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The computer's real storage is limited.
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Can you explain how real storage works?
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The operating system allocates real storage to ensure that critical processes have enough memory to run efficiently.
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When real storage is exhausted, the system relies more on virtual memory, which can slow down performance.
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Upgrading your laptop increases the amount of real storage available for applications and the operating system.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.8
A device like a hard disk or flash drive that keeps data when the computer is off
- Specialized
Part of a computer's disk used like extra memory when the computer's memory is full
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is largely compositional: 'real' (actual/physical) combined with 'storage' (place/device for holding data) naturally yields the idea of physical rather than virtual storage, so learners who know both words can infer a general meaning. However, the specific technical sense ('the physical main memory in a virtual memory system') is domain-specific and may not be fully predictable to an average B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Real storage uses real to mean something physical and storage to mean where data is kept. Imagine the actual boxes of memory chips inside a computer, not the 'virtual' or disk memory, so real storage means the 'physical main memory' the system uses.