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DISK SPACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disk space mean? 

DISK SPACE (noun)
  The noun DISK SPACE has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the space available on a magnetic diskplay

  Familiarity information: DISK SPACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISK SPACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

disc space; disk space

Hypernyms ("disk space" is a kind of...):

space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk space"):

disk overhead; overhead ((computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing)

swap file; swap space (the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory)


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