Temporary can be used as a synonym for storm.
From the Latin temporalis , the adjective temporal refers to that belonging to or relating to time . Something temporary lasts for some time but is not eternal or fixed.
For example: "They have given me a temporary contract to work in the company for the next three months" , "This location is only temporary: the idea is to install the equipment next to the window and move the desks to the left" , "We rent this apartment temporarily, since we plan to buy a house before the end of the year .
Temporary as a storm
Temporal can also function as a noun, meaning a great storm , tempest , or persistent rain . It usually includes strong winds accompanied by precipitation (rain or snow) or suspended sand.
A storm is generally considered to occur when wind gusts exceed 60 kilometers per hour. This implies the possibility of collapses, both of trees and buildings and all types of structures created by human beings. The force of the wind can also generate waves more than 4 meters high: "A storm caused three deaths on the Brazilian coast" , "Two hundred families lost their homes due to the action of a violent storm" , "The flight was suspended due to the temporary, and we will have to wait until tomorrow to do it .
Symbolic use and concept in anatomy
In a symbolic sense, we speak of "weathering the storm" , "resisting the storm" or similar phrases when a subject must endure difficult situations : "I admit that I was wrong: now is the time to endure the storm and wait for things to calm down." »
For anatomy , temporal is that belonging to or relating to the temples , such as the temporal bone or the temporal muscles .
Temporary files are common in computing.
Temporary files
In computing, temporary files are known as those that programs create when they need to have more memory to continue their execution, or certain backup copies that are made before making modifications to the originals, with the purpose of being able to recover them. if any irreversible error occurs. In many cases, computers work like we do in real life, looking for free space to place their tools, carrying out the tasks they have been given and, in the best of cases, organizing and cleaning everything they have used.
However, there are many programs that, for different reasons, do not delete temporary files once used. This can be due to problems occurring during execution, forcing the user to forcibly interrupt the flow of the program, or because the developers have not taken the trouble to tell their application to leave everything as it is. have found .
Benefits and disadvantages
Over time, the accumulation of temporary files generates a waste of disk space that, although it does not have a serious impact on current computers, impacts its overall performance. To solve this unnecessary disk use, there are various tools, in addition to those included with each operating system .
Microsoft gives its temporary files the extension "tmp", while Unix (a family that includes operating systems such as OS Regardless of the differences in nomenclature, all systems have a folder in which temporary files are saved.
Similarly, Internet browsers need directories in which to store their files, since all the Internet content that we view on our computers must first be saved locally. There are various applications that allow you to take advantage of part of the RAM memory to speed up the reading and writing of certain files, using it as a kind of virtual disk, which is especially efficient in the case of temporary files.