cold storage
noun1
Refrigerated storage.
2
Figuratively A state of postponement; the back burner.
- All we could do would be to make a few preliminary inquiries as to the possibilities of financial assistance from Government funds and then put the idea into cold storage for the time being.1947, Hamilton Maurice Howgrave-Graham, Light and Shade at Scotland Yard, page 68:
3
Business, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Finance A place where private keys are stored away from the Internet to prevent them from being stolen.
- Related terms
- cold chain