存储 cúnchǔ to store up
to store up; to stockpile; (computer) to save; to store; memory; storage
How to remember 存储: 存 exist + 储 to save money = to store up.
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How it is used
- To store data / storage (computing): 存储空间 (cúnchǔ kōngjiān) storage space, 云存储 (yún cúnchǔ) cloud storage.
- Note reading cúnchǔ (chǔ = to store up). Compare 保存 (bǎocún, to save/preserve, everyday) - 存储 is the more technical hardware/data term.
- IT and data contexts; also 储存 with the same meaning.