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外部記憶 (がいぶきおく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

外がい部ぶ記き憶おく

Meanings

1

noun

external storage; auxiliary storage

computing

Computing term for storage devices outside the main memory, such as hard disks, SSDs, USB drives, and cloud storage.

外がい部ぶ記き憶おく装そう置ちとして外そと付づけハードディスクを使つかっている。
I use an external hard disk as an external storage device.
データは外がい部ぶ記き憶おくにバックアップしておいてください。
Please back up the data to external storage.

Kanji

外outside
部section, bureau, dept
記scribe, account, narrative
憶

recollection, think, remember

Similar words

内ない部ぶ記き憶おく
内部記憶 refers to internal memory (e.g., RAM, ROM) directly accessible by the CPU, while 外部記憶 is external storage that is not directly accessed.
補ほ助じょ記き憶おく
補助記憶 is a near-synonym also meaning auxiliary storage, often used interchangeably with 外部記憶 in computing contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 外部 (external) and 記憶 (storage/memory), a straightforward technical term.