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repository

noun

  1. data storage for software revision control
  2. server used to store large volumes of digital files
  3. Site where information is collected and stored. Chambers, rooms, buildings, vessels, receptacles, or other physical places in which works of art, specimens, curiosities, archives, documents, books, or other things are placed, deposited, or stored.
  4. place or device for storing material or immaterial objects
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/ / /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/

noun

Etymology: From Latin repositōrium.

  1. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

    Harvard has declined to become the repository of George Segal's controversial sculpture, "Gay Liberation."

  2. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

    OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.

    Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research, education, and even community-led investigations like debunking flawed CFS genetic studies.

  3. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
  4. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
  5. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.