MAGNETIC DISK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic disk mean? 

• MAGNETIC DISK (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC DISK has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC DISK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

disc; disk; magnetic disc; magnetic disk

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

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

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 "magnetic disk"):

diskette; floppy; floppy disk (a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer)

fixed disk; hard disc; hard disk (a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit)

 Context examples 

A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit.

(Computer Hard Disc, NCI Thesaurus)