单词 | on disk |
释义 | > as lemmason disk 6. Computing. Now chiefly in form disk (see note below). A data storage device in the form of a disc which can be rapidly and automatically rotated so as to allow access to different parts of the surface, where data is stored digitally. Also: a disk drive; (more widely) any self-contained storage device. Also: (as a mass noun) such discs as a storage medium (chiefly in on disk).Data is typically stored either by means of a magnetizable surface (as in a hard disk) or by optical methods (as in a CD-ROM).Some writers have used the spelling disk for magnetic ones (‘hard disk’, ‘floppy disk’), and disc for optical ones (‘compact disc’, ‘laser disc’).floppy, hard, laser, optical disc, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > magnetic > floppy disk disc1947 floppy disc1972 diskette1973 floppy1974 microfloppy1977 1947 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 229 The program of the Symposium was as follows:..4. ‘Magnetic and phosphor coated disks’ by Dr. B. L. Moore. 1952 Electr. Engin. (U.S.) Aug. 745/2 When the heads are in position, the disk is rotated past them while information, in the form of coded magnetic pulses, is recorded or read out. 1964 T. W. McRae Impact Computers on Accounting i. 8 48 disks were stored one above the other. 1972 Computer Jrnl. 15 290/1 Engineering information files set up on disc by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd..form the data base for a fully integrated production control system. 1982 What's New in Computing Nov. 12/4 Back up for the discs is provided on a tape streamer, tape cartridge or floppy. 1990 G. Gilder Life after Television (1992) iii. 63 A computer with a hard-disk memory, together with a compact disc read-only memory. 2006 Wired Oct. 196/1 The little arm reading the disks can't move fast enough to handle the onrush of seeks. 2012 Computeractive (Nexis) 1 Mar. The disk can be lifted free of the laptop by pulling the white plastic tab. < as lemmas |
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