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Winchester disk

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Winchester disk
n.
An early type of hard disk.
[After the Winchester, tradename for a .30-30 rifle, a rifle shooting a .30-caliber bullet with a powder grain size designation of 30 (from the disk's storage capacity of 30 MB and its access time of 30 milliseconds).]
Winchester disk
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a type of hard disk in which disks are permanently sealed, together with read-write heads, in an airtight container to keep dust out
[named after the 3030 Winchester rifle, as the original device would have had 3030 as its IBM number]
Translations
Winchester disk® [ˈwɪntʃɪstəˈdɪsk] N → disco m Winchester ®
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