Winchester disk

Winchester disk

n.

An early type of hard disk.

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[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).]

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Winchester disk

n

(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

[C20: named after the 3030 Winchester rifle, as the original device would have had 3030 as its IBM number]

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Win′chester disk′

n.

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.

[1970–75; from the designation for the prototype, 3030 (two disks of 30 megabytes each), the same as a well-known Winchester rifle. See .30-30]

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Translations

Winchester disk

® [ˈwɪntʃɪstəˈdɪsk] N → disco m Winchester ®

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