magnetic disk

magnetic disk

n.

A memory device, such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a removable cartridge, that is covered with a magnetic coating on which digital information is stored in the form of microscopically small, magnetized needles.

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magnetic disk

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing another name for disk [2]

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magnetic disk

A memory device, such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, that is covered with a magnetic coating. Digital information is stored on magnetic disks in the form of microscopically small, magnetized needles, each of which encodes a single bit of information by being polarized in one direction (representing 1) or the other (representing 0).

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

magnetic disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored magnetic disc, disc, disk diskette, floppy, floppy disk - a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

Translations

magnetic disk n (Comput) → disco magnetico

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magnetic disk n (Comput) → disco magnetico