Furthermore, computers enable us to store any amount of necessary information, which probably would take plenty of room on our bookshelves, if in written form.

enable 是动词，由前缀 en-（表示"使能够"）和形容词 able（能够的）组成，意思是"使...能够"或"赋予...能力"。在这里指计算机赋予我们存储大量信息的能力。