temporary storage

基本解释

If you've never programmed assembly language before, registers are the temporary storage that processors use for computing values.
如果您以前从未用汇编语言编过程，寄存器就是处理器为计算值所使用的临时存储。
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.
如果您在一个 XML 编辑器中转换您的教程或文章，但未显示出任何图像，那可能是编辑器在用于临时存储的文件夹中创建了 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.
操作系统的虚拟内存子系统允许应用程序分配的内存超过系统上实际存在的内存量，不足的部分由磁盘上的临时存储组成。

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