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disk

Definitions

verb

  1. draw a harrow over (land)

noun

  1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  2. a flat circular plate
  3. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  4. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Examples

Most systems default to booting from either the floppy disk drive or the hard drive.

Make a boot disk in case your computer is damaged or compromised

The listener can be a bottleneck if it is single threaded, and if InterChange Server is not running on a high speed disk subsystem.

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disc

Definitions

noun

  1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  2. a flat circular plate
  3. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  4. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Examples

It should be a baritone scoring game and the unfortunate should be in early disceptation for a top 3 pick.

The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.

Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.

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