seek
track-to-track seek time
seek time
voice coil
positioner
rotary actuator
rotational latency
latency
head
actuator
head crash
shunt
disklabel
floptical disk
unformatted capacity
file allocation table
drive
storage
restripe
WORM drive
platter
streamer
disk access
load
ADP
low-level formatting
write-only memory
automatic data processing
initialization
initialisation
access time
dirty
disk drive
burn
destage
capacity
auto-tiering
IOPS
sector
shadow memory
ghost
file system
save
resilver
file shredder
write
marshalling
directory
bit nibbler
readback
storage device
tier
overhead
communications protocol
save down
protocol
disk overhead
clock out
multidisk
magnetic strip
bitplane
repartition
cylinder-head-sector
information engine
swap file
file
disky
spinning rust
fixed disk
interleave
data flow diagram
cylinder
disk controller
formatted capacity
sequential file
offload
superblock
backup
retrieval
computer backup
streaming
writeback
monitor program
control unit
autoloader
lead-out
cybertracking
channel
edge computing
hibernation
metaprogram
radiotracked
monitoring program
dirty
multidisk
disky
streaming
radiotracked
seek
track-to-track seek time
seek time
voice coil
positioner
rotary actuator
rotational latency
latency
head
actuator
head crash
disklabel
floptical disk
unformatted capacity
file allocation table
drive
storage
WORM drive
platter
streamer
disk access
ADP
low-level formatting
write-only memory
automatic data processing
initialization
initialisation
access time
disk drive
burn
capacity
auto-tiering
IOPS
sector
shadow memory
ghost
file system
file shredder
write
marshalling
directory
bit nibbler
readback
storage device
overhead
communications protocol
protocol
disk overhead
magnetic strip
bitplane
repartition
cylinder-head-sector
information engine
swap file
spinning rust
fixed disk
data flow diagram
cylinder
disk controller
formatted capacity
sequential file
superblock
backup
retrieval
computer backup
load
writeback
monitor program
control unit
autoloader
lead-out
cybertracking
channel
edge computing
hibernation
metaprogram
monitoring program
shunt
restripe
load
destage
save
resilver
tier
save down
clock out
file
interleave
offload
noun
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
adj
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Coming from in front.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
noun
- The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
- A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
- Something that actuates something else.
- A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
verb
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
noun
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
noun
- An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- Desire or interest.
- A stroke made with a driver.
- An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- A driveway.
- A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- A straight level shot or pass.
- An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- A type of public roadway.
- A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- To hit the ball with a drive.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To move forcefully.
- To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- To operate (an aircraft).
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- To cause animals to flee out of.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- To cause to become.
- To compel (to do something).
- To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
verb
- To change the manner in which data is laid out across multiple disks.
- To mark with stripes again or differently.
- To change the space markings in a parking lot.
- To change the lane markings or other markings on a road, runway or other path; to repaint existing pavement traffic markings.
- To redivide (land).
noun
- A data storage system, mainly used to produce backups, in which large quantities of data are transferred to a continuously moving tape; a tape drive.
- Any mechanism for streaming data.
- A subscription streaming service.
- A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.
- A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
- In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
- A pupil belonging to a particular stream (division by perceived ability).
- Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
- A newspaper headline that runs along the top of a page.
- One who searches for stream tin.
- A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.
verb
- To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- To put runners on first, second and third bases
- To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- To provide in abundance.
- To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- To receive a load.
- To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- to top up or purchase phone credits
- To be put into use in an apparatus.
- To put a load on something.
- To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
noun
- The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- The charge of powder for a firearm.
- A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- The viral load
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- prepaid phone credit
- The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- A large number or amount.
adj
- Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- Out of tune.
- Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
adv
verb
noun
- The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- Tobacco.
- An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- A stream.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- A disease in vegetables; brand.
verb
- To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
- In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
- To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image.
- To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- To sunburn.
- To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- To overheat so as to make unusable.
- To insult or defeat.
- To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- To blackmail.
- To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star.
- To compromise (an agent's cover story).
- To discard.
- To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- To cause to be consumed by fire.
- To betray.
- To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- To shoot someone with a firearm.
- To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- To cauterize.
- To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
noun
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- capability to perform or produce
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- the amount that can be contained
- the maximum production possible
- a specified function
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
noun
- fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
- section
- a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- a field of economic activity
- A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
- A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector
- an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
- zone (designated area).
- one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
- an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
- An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
noun
- An image of a file or hard disk.
- A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- Remnant; the remains of a(n).
- Perceived or listed but not real.
- Abandoned.
- A covert (and deniable) agent.
- Transparent or translucent.
- An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
- Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- White or pale.
- A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- Substitute.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some fraudulent benefit.
- An understudy.
- The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- A ghostwriter.
- An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
verb
- To copy a file or hard drive image.
- To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
- To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
- To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
- To kill.
- To ghostwrite.
- To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
- To sail seemingly without wind.
- To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
- To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
verb
- To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To store for future use.
- To economize or avoid waste.
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- To accumulate money or valuables.
noun
- The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- A saving throw.
- A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
prep
conj
noun
verb
- To sell (an option or other derivative).
- To paint a religious icon.
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
- To convey a fact to someone via writing.
- To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
- To show (information, etc) in written form.
- To send written information to.
- To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
- To record data mechanically or electronically.
- To fill in, to complete using words.
- To be an author.
noun
- The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another.
- The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
- The sorting of rolling stock in a marshalling yard.
noun
- The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
- The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it.
- The reading aloud by a court reporter or stenographer of testimony previously taken down in stenographic dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition.
noun
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
adv
adj
verb
- To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- To submit a formal request to some office.
- To corrupt.
- To commit (official papers) to some office.
- To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- To move in a file.
- To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.
noun
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
- The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
- Course of thought; thread of narration.
- A roll or list.
- An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A small detachment of soldiers.
noun
noun
noun
- The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
- A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
- Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
- The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
- A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
- An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
- The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
- A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
verb
noun
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- the act of providing approval and support
adj
noun
adj
noun
- A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
- A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew.
- A software mechanism that automatically locates and loads classes etc. as required at run time.
- A semi-automatic firearm.
noun
- A marker in the data stored on a compact disc, representing the end of a recording session.
- A program scheduled to follow another.
- The final part of the groove of a vinyl record, after the end of the recording.
- The tactic where one cyclist goes ahead at high speed so that a following teammate (the sprinter) can benefit from the slipstream. See drafting.
noun
- The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- A distribution channel
- The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- The navigable part of a river.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
- A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
- A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
verb
noun
- A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
- A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
- A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
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