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Meaning of "Winchester disk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WINCHESTER DISK

Named after the 3030 Winchester rifle, as the original device would have had 3030 as its IBM number.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WINCHESTER DISK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINCHESTER DISK

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Winchester 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 WINCHESTER DISK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Winchester disk

History of IBM magnetic disk drives

IBM manufactured magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. Both the hard disk drive and floppy disk drive were invented by IBM and as such IBM's employees were responsible for many of the innovations in these products and their technologies. The basic mechanical arrangement of hard disk drives has not changed since the IBM 1301. Disk drive performance and characteristics are measured by the same standards now as they were in the 1950s. Few products in history have enjoyed such spectacular declines in cost and size along with equally dramatic improvements in capacity and performance. IBM manufactured 8-inch floppy disk drives from 1969 until the middle 1980s but was not a significant manufacturer of smaller sized floppy disk drives. IBM always offered its magnetic disk drives for sale but did not offer them with original equipment manufacturer terms and conditions until 1981. By 1996 IBM had stopped making hard disk drives unique to its systems and was offering all its HDDs on an OEM basis.

Definition of Winchester disk in the English dictionary

The definition of Winchester disk in the dictionary is a type of hard disk in which disks are permanently sealed, together with read-write heads, in an airtight container to keep dust out.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINCHESTER DISK

Winchester rifle
winchman
Winckelmann
wincopipe
wind
wind chest
wind chimes
wind cone
wind deflector
wind down
wind farm
wind gap
wind gauge
wind generator
wind harp
wind instrument
wind machine
wind power
Wind River Range

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINCHESTER DISK

computer disk
digital versatile disk
digital video disk
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
videodisk
zip disk

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Winchester disk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINCHESTER DISK

Find out the translation of Winchester disk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Winchester 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 «Winchester disk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

温彻斯特硬盘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disco Winchester
570 millions of speakers

English

Winchester disk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विनचेस्टर डिस्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

القرص وينشستر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Винчестер диск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disco Winchester
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Winchester ডিস্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Winchester disque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cakera Winchester
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Winchester-Platten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウィンチェスタディスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윈체스터 디스크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Winchester disk
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Winchester đĩa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வின்செஸ்டர் வட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंचेस्टर डिस्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Winchester disk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disco Winchester
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twardy Winchester
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вінчестер диск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Winchester disc
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Winchester δίσκο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Winchester skyf
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Winchester disk
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Winchester-plate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Winchester disk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINCHESTER DISK»

The term «Winchester disk» is used very little and occupies the 179.366 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINCHESTER DISK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Winchester disk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Winchester disk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINCHESTER DISK»

Discover the use of Winchester disk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Winchester disk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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InfoWorld
Hewlett-Packard (HP) produces a series of Winchester disk drives, in several sizes, for the HP- 150. These devices attach to the computer through its HP-IB ( Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus) connector. Many HP products other than the 150  ...
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COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN
For a rigid (also referred to as hard) disk and Winchester disk technology, a disk has an aluminium base coated with magnetic material. A floppy diskette is magnetic oxide coated Mylar tape cut as a disk packaged on a plastic envelope.
P. PAL CHAUDHURI, 2008
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InfoWorld
Not too long ago, hard disks were the province of mainframe and large minicomputers, with prices to match ($20,000 and up). In the last year or so, the application of Winchester Disk technology as well as the economies-of-scale resulting from ...
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 41 - ...
The IBM PC/AT has one model incorporating a built-in 20-MB Winchester disk drive, and another can be added for a total of 40 MB of Winchester disk storage on this system. Other computers offer large Winchester storage as well. For example ...
Allen Kent, 1986
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Foundations of Computer Technology
Winchester disk Figure 4.19(c) shows the relative size of the head gap to potential hazards in a disk system. This means the complete system is sealed in a dustproof package, except for a highly efficient air filter. The air filter is required since ...
Alexander John Anderson, 1994
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Computerworld
Before optical technology can enter the mainstream, though, manufacturers need to offer erasable capabilities and to bring the price of erasable optical disk drives down to match that of Winchester disk drives. Currently, optical drives support ...
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Considerations for use of microcomputers in developing ...
One of the fixed Winchester disk's advantages in situations where environment may be a problem is that the disk itself is hermetically sealed* protecting the disk surface and recording heads. This is not true of cartridge disk devices* although ...
International Statistical Programs Center (U.S.), United States. Agency for International Development. Office of the Science Advisor, 1983
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Computerworld
Central Data Corp. has introduced an Ansi Winchester Subsystem that is said to allow the user to add from 8.9M to 102.9M bytes of Winchester disk memory to any Multibus system. The subsystem includes the company's Ansi Winchester Disk ...
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Foundations of Computer Science
Winchester Disk (Hard Disk) Winchester Disk is the most common storage device of present day microcomputers. It is popularly called as the Hard Disk Drive (HDD ) or sometimes as Fixed Disk Drive. It is fixed inside the computer and is not ...
Ashok Arora, 2006
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Computerworld
Winchester Disk Subsystems Introduced for DEC LSI-lls Charles River Data Adds Two Desktops To 'Supermicro' Line High-Capacity Winchester Drive Desktop Micro Supports Eight Users Dynabyte Model 5605 Memory Capacity, I/O Ports ...

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINCHESTER DISK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Winchester disk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taking a walk through IBM's technology history
There the development in the 1960s of the Winchester disk and the development of the floppy disk. We developed the first cash machine and, of course, ... «New Electronics, Apr 15»
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Investors Fawning over Uber Should Recall AOL's Stumbles
Their original study was of new entrants into the Winchester disk drive industry, a sector every bit as hot and exciting back then as start-ups like Uber are today. «blogs.hbr.org, Jan 15»
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Khrushchev Visits IBM: A Strange Tale of Silicon Valley History
... the 305 RAMAC—the first computer which came with a hard disk. .... Labs" and was working with manufacturing to introduce their first Winchester disk drive. «Fast Company, Oct 14»
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Women investors are confident, not overconfident
He cites the case of a friend who decides to invest in companies such as Winchester Disk Drives and Havalight Photo Cell without knowing a thing about the ... «Livemint, Jul 14»
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HP's Helion is a commitment to Openstack cloud
But as an advocate of the cloud, does Clifford find opposition from the 'it's not a network without a Winchester disk' types? "They're massively more open to it ... «Inquirer, May 14»
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Book Extract: The five common entrepreneurial traps
In the early days of the Winchester disk drive industry, for example, so many me-too entrants entered the industry that capacity of more than 40 times the total ... «Business Standard, Apr 14»
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Why social networks continue to attract investors
Certainly, there are plenty of historical examples that demonstrate this -- from Winchester disk drive companies funded in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ... «VatorNews, Mar 14»
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Disk drive consolidation as Western buys Komag
So-called Winchester disk drives -- the basic technology used for storage in personal computers, laptops and a range of consumer electronics -- was invented in ... «Reuters UK, Jun 07»
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Playing Catch Up: Match Day's Jon Ritman
“I can remember him showing a “Winchester disk” [the hard disk for the IBM System/370] that he had written the software for and also him telling me I could type ... «Gamasutra, Feb 07»

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