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Meaning of "computer disk" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPUTER DISK

computer disk  [kəmˈpjuːtə dɪsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPUTER DISK

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conjunction
determiner
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Computer disk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPUTER DISK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

computer disk

Disk storage

Disk storage is a general category of storage mechanisms where data are recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical changes to a surface layer of one or more rotating disks. A disk drive is a device implementing such a storage mechanism and is usually distinguished from the disk medium. Notable types are the hard disk drive containing a non-removable disk, the floppy disk drive and its removable floppy disk, and various optical disc drives and associated optical disc media. Disk and disc are used interchangeably except where trademarks preclude one usage, e.g. the Compact Disc logo. The choice of a particular form is frequently historical, as in IBM's usage of the disk form beginning in 1956 with the "IBM 350 disk storage unit". Six hard disk drives Three floppy disk drives A CD-ROM disc drive...

Definition of computer disk in the English dictionary

The definition of computer disk in the dictionary is a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPUTER DISK


asterisk
ˈæstərɪsk
bisque
bɪsk
blastodisc
ˈblæstəʊˌdɪsk
brisk
brɪsk
disc
dɪsk
disk
dɪsk
fisc
fɪsk
fisk
fɪsk
frisk
frɪsk
laserdisc
ˈleɪzəˌdɪsk
laserdisk
ˈleɪzəˌdɪsk
minidisc
ˈmɪnɪˌdɪsk
multidisc
ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsk
obelisk
ˈɒbɪlɪsk
photodisk
ˈfəʊtəʊˌdɪsk
RISC
rɪsk
risk
rɪsk
risque
rɪsk
videodisk
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌdɪsk
whisk
wɪsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPUTER DISK

computer age
computer animation
computer architecture
computer chip
computer conferencing
computer crime
computer dating
computer error
computer game
computer graphics
computer language
computer literacy
computer literate
computer model
computer nerd
computer peripheral
computer printout
computer program
computer programmer
computer programming

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPUTER DISK

digital versatile disk
digital video disk
double-density disk
fixed disk
flexible disk
floppy disk
hard disk
high-density disk
magnetic disk
master disk
optical disk
single density disk
single-sided disk
system disk
systems disk
video disk
Winchester disk
zip disk

Synonyms and antonyms of computer disk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «computer disk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPUTER DISK

Find out the translation of computer disk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of computer disk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «computer disk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

计算机磁盘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disco de computadora
570 millions of speakers

English

computer disk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंप्यूटर डिस्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قرص كمبيوتر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компьютерный диск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rígido do computador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কম্পিউটার ডিস্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disquette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cakera komputer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diskette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンピューターのディスク装置
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

컴퓨터 디스크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Komputer disk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đia máy tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கணினி வட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संगणक डिस्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bilgisayar diski
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disco del computer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dysku komputera
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

комп´ютерний диск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disk-ul calculatorului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίσκο του υπολογιστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rekenaar skyf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diskett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

datamaskin disk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of computer disk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPUTER DISK»

The term «computer disk» is regularly used and occupies the 63.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPUTER DISK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about computer disk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPUTER DISK»

Discover the use of computer disk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to computer disk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catalog of National Bureau of Standards publications, 1966-1976
Computer disk controllers; Computer disk drives; Computer disk interface; Disk controllers; Disk drive characteristics; Disk pack interchangeability; Disk track format; Interface electrical characteristics; Interface functional characteristics; ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards. Technical Information and Publications Division, Betty L. Burris, Rebecca J. Morehouse, 1978
2
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.2: Monitored ...
Disk on a storage subsystem This is a computer disk that Tivoli Storage Productivity Center has determined to originate from a storage subsystem. If the storage subsystem is not monitored by Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, the storage ...
Raymond Swank, Karen Orlando, IBM Redbooks, 2012
3
Publications of the National Bureau of Standards ... Catalog
Computer disk controllers; computer disk drives; computer disk interface; disk controllers; disk drive characteristics; disk pack interchangeability; disk track format; interface electrical characteristics: interface functional characteristics; removable ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1977
4
Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, 1976 ...
Computer disk controllers; computer disk drives; computer disk interface; disk controllers; disk drive characteristics; disk pack interchangeability; disk track format; interface electrical characteristics; interface functional characteristics; removable ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Burris, 1977
5
Computer Games: A Bibliography with Indexes
Published/Created: New York: Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, c1994. Schepp, Brad. Ellinger, Debra L., ill. Description: xiii, 82 p.: ill. (some col.); 24 cm. + 1 computer disk (5 1/4 in.) ISBN: 0830642498: Summary: Uses a story about Skip Mousely and ...
Blair Carter, 2002
6
Computer Forensics: Hard Disk and Operating Systems
IDE/EIDE IDE (integrated drive electronics) is a standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices. The IDE interface is based on the IBM PC Industry Standard  ...
EC-Council, 2009
7
Readings in Computer Architecture
Fujitsu M2361A "Super Eagle" minicomputer disk, and the Conner Peripherals CP 3100 personal computer disk. Characteristics IBM Fujitsu Comers 3380 v. 2361 v 3380 M2361A CP3100 3100 3100 (>1 marts 3100 is better) Disk diameter  ...
Mark Donald Hill, Norman Paul Jouppi, Gurindar Sohi, 2000
8
Privacy Protection and Computer Forensics
All of these bits of information are stored separately on a computer disk. Using the delete command achieves absolutely nothing. It merely changes a single character in the disk's file allocation table to indicate to the computer that the spaces ...
Michael A. Caloyannides, 2004
9
The Computer Engineering Handbook
... and speeding up the disk transfer rate with faster controllers. Early large computer disk drive technology improved by a factor of 10 in price per megabyte about every 11 years [5] compared with about five years for main memory. But, the cost ...
Vojin G. Oklobdzija, 2001
10
Computer and Intrusion Forensics
2.2.3 Disk and file imaging and analysis 2.2.3.1 Disk imaging and physical analysis In cases where the investigation involves actual seizure of a computer, disk imaging takes place once the computer has been seized according to warrant and ...
‎2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPUTER DISK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term computer disk is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mountain Lakes is conducting contest to design coat of arms
Submissions must be made on either a computer disk or thumb drive. They must be in color but remain recognizable if converted to a ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
2
Charges dismissed against ex-jail deputy accused of attacking inmate
Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell has said his office began investigating Parks in October after a computer disk containing security video ... «MLive.com, Jun 15»
3
Judge denies new trial for Mahanoy wife killer Russell
A key piece of evidence prosecutors used was a computer disk found in Robert Russell's office in February 1988 containing what prosecutors ... «Republican & Herald, Jun 15»
4
Underworld Goes Back to the Future By Revisiting Classic 1994 Album
... sometimes having to scour the internet for old equipment that actually worked, that could actually read the computer disk and the whole thing ... «Billboard, Jun 15»
5
International motor design celebrity brings expertise to CWIEME …
... USA, has over 40 years' experience in the design of permanent magnet and brushless switch-reluctance motors for computer disk drives, ... «Industry Today, Jun 15»
6
Madison County Man Gets 140 Years in Prison for Producing Child …
Nelson also pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on computer, computer disk or videotape, and to distributing the pornography over ... «Birmingham Times, Jun 15»
7
Traces of past events written in our genes
'It's like erasing a computer disk before you add more data.' To understand more about how this process works, the researchers collected ... «BioNews, Jun 15»
8
Genes May Push Our Children To An Unhealthy Life – Poor Lifestyle …
It's like erasing a computer disk before you add new data.” The team discovered that about 5 percent of our DNA resists reverting to the original ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
9
Genetic faults caused by trauma, poor lifestyle can be passed down …
It's like erasing a computer disk before you add new data.” Between week two and week nine of an embryo's development the genetic code is ... «Odisha Samaya, Jun 15»
10
Local author named an International Latino Book Awards finalist
He revisited Lily of Peru, which “languished on an ancient computer disk and was pretty much forgotten,” about six years ago. For more ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Computer disk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/computer-disk>. May 2024 ».
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