Glossary Of 25 Top Data Storage Terms You Should Know
Search Storage, Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
This collection of data storage terms covers newer technologies, such as blockchain storage, and legacy tech, including network-attached storage and tape drives.
As the data storage industry has evolved over the decades, new technologies deliver greater capacity and faster data access speeds. Along with those developments, hundreds of terms, definitions and acronyms have emerged.
This article provides a short list of frequently used and familiar data storage terms. Readers can also find each term in greater detail in Informa TechTarget's vast technology glossary.