S: (n) floating-point operation, flop (an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers) "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
S: (n) retrieval ((computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory)
S: (n) stovepiping (retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers)
S: (n) storage ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)
S: (n) fragmentation ((computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk) "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"