DNA is a code, a means of storing biological data, in the form of genes.
Teleporting atomic clouds could be a means of storing output from quantum computers.
One common means of storing this electrical energy is by charging electrochemical storage batteries.
The disc's flat dimensions offered a more convenient means of storing many songs than the three-dimensional Edison cylinder.
Much of the early decontamination work has been performed by local authorities and volunteers, although neither has found a satisfactory means of storing the waste.
Electricity must be used as soon as it is generated; there are no economical means of storing large quantities of electric energy.
And, as a means of storing carbon, it is between five and 42 times more cost-efficient than fitting carbon capture and storage systems to fossil-fuel power stations.
Some companies also offer ways to replicate a desktop environment through the Internet; these services -- sometimes free -- are essentially a means of storing back-up files on a server.
From punch cards to magnetic tapes and disk drives to memory chips, every means of storing information since the advent of modern calculating machines is on display, either as an exhibit or as a photo.
Triglycerides (chemical name triacylglycerol), the principal means of storing fatty acids in biological systems, are a class of compounds that consist of glycerol (a three-carbon trihydroxy alcohol) with a fatty acid linked to each of the three OH groups by an ester bond.
