funktsionaalüksus, millesse saab andmeid paigutada, milles neid saab hoida ja millest neid saab võtta
a functional unit into which data can be placed, in which they can be retained, and from which they can be retrieved
storage - the semi-permanent or permanent holding place for digital data. Storage means disks and tapes, not memory. Memory, which is made of RAM chips, is a temporary workspace for executing instructions and processing data. All storage devices in the Encyclopedia are summarized below under the following entries: storage 1 - magnetic disks; storage 2 - optical disks; storage 3 - magnetic tapes.
Subheading 8471 70 51 shall also apply to CD-ROM drives, being storage units for automatic data processing machines, which consists of drive units designed for retrieving the signals from CD-ROMs, audio CDs and photo CDs and equipped with a jack of earphones, a volume-control button or a start/stop button.
