non-volatile storage

1. 1.

   computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off

   Synonymsnonvolatile storage

   Antonymsvolatile storage

   Broadermemory

   Narrowerflash memorymagnetic bubble memory

Questions about non-volatile storage

What does non-volatile storage mean?

non-volatile storage means "computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off".

What is another word for non-volatile storage?

Close synonyms include nonvolatile storage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of non-volatile storage?

The recorded antonyms are volatile storage.

Is non-volatile storage a common word?

non-volatile storage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.