The chair can be folded flat for easy storage

action or method of storing something for future use.

"the chair can be folded flat for easy storage"

the retention of retrievable data on a computer or other electronic system.

"data storage"

space available for storing something, in particular allocated space in a warehouse.

"Cooper had put much of the furniture into storage" Once the information has been encoded, we have to somehow have to retain it. Our brains take the encoded information and place it in storage. Storage is the creation of a permanent record of information.

In order for a memory to go into storage (i.e., long-term memory), it has to pass through three distinct stages: Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, and finally Long-Term Memory. These stages were first proposed by