Main storage
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In a computing, main storage is a program-addressable storage from which instructions and other data may be loaded directly into registers for subsequent execution or processing.
Main storage includes the total program-addressable execution space that may include one or more storage devices. The term usually refers to large and intermediate computers, whereas memory or storage usually refers to microcomputers, minicomputers, and calculators.
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