track
(track, data track)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
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data track
(track, data track)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
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head crash
(head crash)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)
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disk space
(disk space, disc space)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
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disc space
(disk space, disc space)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
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disk error
(disk error)
Princeton's WordNet
error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk
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allocation unit
(allocation unit)
Princeton's WordNet
a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
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fixed disk
(hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk)
Princeton's WordNet
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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hard disc
(hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk)
Princeton's WordNet
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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hard disk
(hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk)
Princeton's WordNet
a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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transit
Webster Dictionary
the passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary
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allocation
(allocation, storage allocation)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
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disk pack
(disk pack, disc pack)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device
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fragmentation
(fragmentation)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
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disc pack
(disk pack, disc pack)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device
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hard disk
(ˈhɑrdˈkʌv ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, for storing computer programs and relatively large amounts of data.
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floppy disk
(ˈflɒp i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material, for storing computer data and programs; diskette.
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diamagnetic
Webster Dictionary
any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet
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disk drive
(disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive)
Princeton's WordNet
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
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cyclic redundancy check
(cyclic redundancy check)
Princeton's WordNet
an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data
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disc drive
(disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive)
Princeton's WordNet
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
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winchester drive
(disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive)
Princeton's WordNet
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
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hard drive
(disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive)
Princeton's WordNet
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
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magnetic
(ægˈnɛt ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or being a medium created with magnetically sensitive material for storing electronic data, as a magnetic card or disk.
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read/write head
(read/write head, head)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
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magnetic disc
(magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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disk
(magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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head
(read/write head, head)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
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disc
(magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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magnetic disk
(magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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