temporary storage

基本解釋

If you've never programmed assembly language before, registers are the temporary storage that processors use for computing values.
如果您以前從未用匯編語言編過程，寄存器就是處理器為計算值所使用的臨時存儲。
If you transform your content in an XML editor, and none of your images display, it is likely that the editor has created the HTML file in a directory used for temporary storage.
如果您在一個 XML 編輯器中轉換您的教程或文章，但未顯示出任何圖像，那可能是編輯器在用于臨時存儲的文件夾中創(chuàng)建了 HTML 文件。
The operating system's virtual memory subsystem allows applications to allocate more memory than actually exists on the system, with the shortage being made up by temporary storage on disk.
操作系統(tǒng)的虛擬內存子系統(tǒng)允許應用程序分配的內存超過系統(tǒng)上實際存在的內存量，不足的部分由磁盤上的臨時存儲組成。

In other words, instead of using memory as a temporary storage space for data retrieved from disk, memory can play a more primary role.
FORBES
The temporary losers here are the drive manufacturers who are getting less revenue per unit of storage.
FORBES: No new storage in 2013