- Winchester Disk Drive
- A computer peripheral device for reading from and writing data to winchester disks.
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Winchester Disk Drive
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Hard disk drive — Hard drive redirects here. For other uses, see Hard drive (disambiguation). Hard disk drive Mechanical interior of a modern hard disk drive Date invented 24 December 1954 [1] … Wikipedia
disk drive — noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it • Syn: ↑disc drive, ↑hard drive, ↑Winchester drive • Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Winchester disk — Win′chester disk′ n. cmp a hard disk permanently mounted in a hermetically sealed unit that is housed either within a computer s CPU or in an external disk drive case • Etymology: 1970–75; from the designation for the prototype, 3030 (two disks… … From formal English to slang
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Rigid disk drive — A magnetic media for storing computer data. The fact that the substrate of the disk is made from aluminium and that the disks are packed into airtight containers has earnt them the name of rigid . See also Winchester Disk … International financial encyclopaedia
Winchester rigid disk drive — Дисковод Винчестера со сменными жёсткими дисками … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Winchester-Laufwerk — Speichermedium Allgemeines Name Hard Disk Drive Abkürzung HDD Typ magnetisch Ursprung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Winchester — [ wɪntʃɪstə] noun 1》 (also Winchester rifle) trademark a breech loading side action repeating rifle. 2》 (also Winchester disk or drive) Computing a disk drive in a sealed unit containing a high capacity hard disk and the read write heads. Origin… … English new terms dictionary
Winchester drive — noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it • Syn: ↑disk drive, ↑disc drive, ↑hard drive • Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Winchester — I. adjective Etymology: from the code name used by the original developer Date: 1973 relating to or being computer disk technology that permits high density storage by sealing the rigid metal disks within the disk drive mechanism as protection… … New Collegiate Dictionary
