(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
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a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 b…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for dif…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
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Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also term…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rigid, magnetic, disk, mounted, permanently.(computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label
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