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ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765, ISO/IEC 2382:
funktsionaalüksus, millesse saab andmeid paigutada, milles saab andmeid hoida ja millest saab andmeid võtta
= functional unit into which data can be placed, in which they can be retained, and from which they can be retrieved

ISO/IEC 27040:
salvestielement või salvestielementide ühend, mis on kavandatud ja ehitatud peamiselt andmete talletuseks ja jaotuseks
= any storage element or aggregation of storage element, designed and built primarily for the purpose of data storage and delivery

ISO/IEC 27050, storage:
andmete sisestust ja võttu toetav seade
= device supporting data entry and retrieval

ülevaateid
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/1119/storage-device

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/evolution-storage-devices-francisco-vel%C3%A1zquez-cruz

https://nsaaleaict.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/computer-storage-devices.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/storage-devicespdf/252015300

https://experience.dropbox.com/get-organized/storage-devices

https://dcc.ufrj.br/~gabriel/microarq/umg.pdf

https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_307-inphase.pdf

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