Winchester disk

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noun Computers.

a hard disk that is permanently mounted in its unit.

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Also called Winchester.

Origin of Winchester disk

First recorded in 1970–75; originally an IBM code name; the designation for a device containing two such disks was 3030 (each disk containing 30 megabytes), the same as the model number of a well-known Winchester rifle

Words nearby Winchester disk

winceyette, winch, Winchell, Winchester, Winchester bushel, Winchester disk, Winchester rifle, Winckelmann, wind, windable, windage

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How to use Winchester disk in a sentence

Divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.
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If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.
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The direction of polarization for a quasar is determined by the accretion disk surrounding it.
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We see the protoplanetary disk around it at an angle, but nearly “face-on.”
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Which is lucky: we can see the gaps in the disk more clearly than if the disk were at a steeper angle.
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The disk of light disappeared, and the alert constable could be heard moving along the corridor to inspect the other offices.
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From an historical point of view, no town in the Kingdom surpasses the proud old city of Winchester.
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But we may not pause long to tell the story of even Winchester Cathedral in this hasty record of a motor flight through Britain.
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There is much else in Winchester, though the cathedral and its associations may overshadow everything.
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A day might well be given to the vicinity of Winchester, which teems with points of literary and historic interest.
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British Dictionary definitions for Winchester disk

Winchester disk

noun

a type of hard disk in which disks are permanently sealed, together with read-write heads, in an airtight container to keep dust out

Word Origin for Winchester disk

C20: named after the 3030 Winchester rifle, as the original device would have had 3030 as its IBM number

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