backstore
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]backstore (plural backstores)
- An area in the back of a store or shop.
- 2003, Vincent Roth, Michael Bennett, A Life in Guyana: The later years, 1923-1935[1]:
- I had dinner with Henry Bornstein in his very confined living quarters (between his shop and his backstore) during which he gave me an interesting account of some orthodox Jewish customs.
- 2006, Judith M. Myerson, RFID in the Supply Chain: A Guide to Selection and Implementation:
- When goods are received at the Future Store, employees transport the pallets from the truck through an RFID gate at the backstore entrance.
- (computing) A back end data storage; a backing store device.
- 2004, Journal of Computer Resource Management, Issues 113-116[2]:
- The most recent control units (3 GB cache size) provide a much better performance although the cache/backstore ratio is similar.