fixed disk

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fixed disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit

disc drive, disk drive, hard drive, Winchester drive - computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

magnetic disc, magnetic disk, disc, disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

removable disk - a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive; removal prevents unauthorized use

Translations

жёсткий диск

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A typewriter example may seem a bit archaic, but it is mirrored by some legacy machine architectures, such as fixed disk storage or dumb terminals, which are still widely deployed by some companies.

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In contrast, the second metaphor--Confidence Intervals Are Changing Points on a Fixed Disk ("Fixed Disk metaphor")--conceptualizes confidence intervals as fixed-diameter disks onto which successive points are placed.

Students' Conceptual Metaphors Influence Their Statistical Reasoning about Confidence Intervals. WCER Working Paper No. 2008-5

Virtualization is an inherent capability of enterprise storage arrays, which aggregate capacity from multiple fixed disk drives in a single physical frame and present logical volumes for host access.

Storage virtualization--architectural considerations, Part 2 of 3

Storage management, in general, and storage area networking, in particular, should provide some relief from this conundrum by managing pooled, fixed disk and tape resources, as well as all removable media and the implementation of just-in-time storage management.

Turn to information integrity initiatives for storage strategy: enterprises should consider this checklist when selecting a provider. (Lan/wan: storage area networks)

Three-dimensional analysis of tolerances proves they can be eased on a fixed disk drive

Analyzing tolerance limits

The video motion segments come from a compact disk, while the questions are queued from a data base contained on the fixed disk drive in our home computer.