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disk

also disc (dĭsk)

1. A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

2. Something resembling such an object: The moon's disk was reflected in the pond.

a. The disk used in a disc brake.

b. A disk used on a disk harrow.

4. A round, flattened structure in a plant or animal, such as an intervertebral disk.

5. Botany The central area bearing numerous disk flowers in the flower head of a composite plant such as a daisy.

6. Computers

a. An optical disc, especially a compact disc.

b. A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.

c. The data stored on such objects.

7. A phonograph record.

8. A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.

tr.v. disked, disk·ing, disks also disced or disc·ing or discs

1. To work (soil) with a disk harrow.

2. To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.

[Latin discus, quoit, from Greek diskos, from dikein, to throw; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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disk

(dɪsk)

1. a variant spelling (esp US and Canadian) of disc

2. (Computer Science) computing Also called: magnetic disk or hard disk a direct-access storage device consisting of a stack of plates coated with a magnetic layer, the whole assembly rotating rapidly as a single unit. Each surface has a read-write head that can move radially to read or write data on concentric tracks. Compare drum ¹⁹ See also floppy disk

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

disk

(dɪsk)

n.

1. any thin, flat, circular plate or object.

2. any surface that is flat and round, or seemingly so: the disk of the sun.

3. disc (def. 1).

4. any of several types of media for storing electronic data consisting of thin round plates of plastic or metal: floppy disk; hard disk.

5. Bot., Zool. any of various roundish, flat structures or parts.

6. intervertebral disk.

7. the central part of the flower head in composite plants, as the yellow center of the daisy.

8. any of the circular steel blades of a disk harrow.

9. Archaic. discus.

v.t.

10. to cultivate (soil) with a disk harrow.

Also, disc (for defs. 1, 2, 4–8, 10).

[1655–65; < Latin discus discus; compare dish]

disk′like`, adj.

disk

or disc (dĭsk)

1. Computer Science A magnetic disk, such as a hard disk, or an optical disk, such as a compact disk.

2. Anatomy See intervertebral disk.

Usage Have you ever noticed that when you buy a music CD, it is a compact disc, but when you buy a CD in a computer store it is usually a compact disk? Sometimes spelling varies according to how a word is used. Back in the late 19th century, when people were developing the technology for recording sound on a flat plate (what later became the vinyl phonograph record), the inventors referred to the plates as discs, using an alternate spelling of disk. The c spelling eventually became prevalent in the music industry, known for its disc jockeys. When American computer scientists developed flat storage devices back in the 1940s, they chose the common American spelling disk, and this is why we have hard disks installed on our computers. When the storage device known as the compact disk was invented, people in the music industry saw them as shiny substitutes for phonograph records, and they referred to them as compact discs, despite the fact that these same discs were compact disks when they stored nonmusical data. One of the advantages of abbreviations like CD is that they make spelling much simpler!

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disk

- The layers of cartilage and pulp between vertebrae.

disc

– disk

1. 'disc' or 'disk': a flat circular object

In British English, a disc is a flat circular object.

A traffic warden pointed out that I had no tax disc on the windscreen.

In American English, this word is spelled disk.

2. 'compact disc'

In both British and American English, a flat shiny object that stores music is called a compact disc. The abbreviation CD is often used.

The soundtrack will be released on compact disc this summer.

3. 'disk': computer storage

In both British and American English, a disk is a flat circular plate that is used to store large amounts of information for use by a computer.

The disk is then slotted into a desktop PC.

The image data may be stored on your hard disk.

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disk

Past participle: disked
Gerund: disking

Imperative
disk
disk

Present
I disk
you disk
he/she/it disks
we disk
you disk
they disk

Preterite
I disked
you disked
he/she/it disked
we disked
you disked
they disked

Present Continuous
I am disking
you are disking
he/she/it is disking
we are disking
you are disking
they are disking

Present Perfect
I have disked
you have disked
he/she/it has disked
we have disked
you have disked
they have disked

Past Continuous
I was disking
you were disking
he/she/it was disking
we were disking
you were disking
they were disking

Past Perfect
I had disked
you had disked
he/she/it had disked
we had disked
you had disked
they had disked

Future
I will disk
you will disk
he/she/it will disk
we will disk
you will disk
they will disk

Future Perfect
I will have disked
you will have disked
he/she/it will have disked
we will have disked
you will have disked
they will have disked

Future Continuous
I will be disking
you will be disking
he/she/it will be disking
we will be disking
you will be disking
they will be disking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disking
you have been disking
he/she/it has been disking
we have been disking
you have been disking
they have been disking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disking
you will have been disking
he/she/it will have been disking
we will have been disking
you will have been disking
they will have been disking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disking
you had been disking
he/she/it had been disking
we had been disking
you had been disking
they had been disking

Conditional
I would disk
you would disk
he/she/it would disk
we would disk
you would disk
they would disk

Past Conditional
I would have disked
you would have disked
he/she/it would have disked
we would have disked
you would have disked
they would have disked

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

disk

A flat plate, covered in magnetic material, which stores data on concentric tracks. Hard disks are internal and have greater storage capacity than floppy disks, which are external.

Disk

1. A round thin steel plate, usually dished, that is sometimes used instead of a plow shovel or moldboard.

2. To cultivate or harrow with an implement that uses disks instead of teeth or shovels.

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Noun 1. [画像:disk - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate]disk - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"

saucer, disc

intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk - a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)

round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles

dot, point - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"

2. disk - a flat circular plate

disc

acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate

brake disk - a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads

circle, round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"

deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud

diaphragm - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves

discus, saucer - a disk used in throwing competitions

Frisbee - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition

coin blank, planchet - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin

plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

hockey puck, puck - a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

token - a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines

3. [画像:disk - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove]disk - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record

acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate

LP, L-P - a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm

78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

audio recording, sound recording, audio - a recording of acoustic signals

4. [画像:disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored]disk - (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

magnetic disc, magnetic disk, disc

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; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price"

fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk - a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit

memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval

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

Verb 1. disk - draw a harrow over (land)

harrow

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

disk

also disc
noun

A closed plane curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point or something shaped like this:

band, circle, circuit, gyre, ring, wheel.

Archaic: orb.

Translations

قُرْص أُسْطُوانَهقرص

disk

harddiskskive

Scheibe Diskette Schallplatte

δίσκος σκληρός δίσκος

disco

levysavikiekkovinyyliäänilevykiekko

disque

disk

koronglemez

diskur; disklingurhljómplata, skífaskífa, kringla

disco disco combinatore disco intervertebrale

ディスク円盤音盤

디스크

disksskanuplate

schijf

diskett diskos grammofonplate plate skive

dysk

disco

диск дисковое запоминающее устройство пластинка

kotúčplatňa

diskplošča

disk

แผ่นดิสก์

disk

ổ đĩa

光盘唱片圆盘盘形文件

disk

[dɪsk]

A. N

1. (esp US) = disc

2. (Comput) → disco m
single-/double-sided disk → disco m de una cara/dos caras

B. CPD disk drive N → unidad f de disco
disk operating system N → sistema m operativo de disco

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disk

[ˈdɪsk] n

(COMPUTING) → disque m
single-sided disk → disque simple face
double-sided disk → disque double face floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk

(US) = disc disk drive n (COMPUTING) → lecteur m de disquettes

disk

n (Comput) → Platte f; (= floppy disk) → Diskette f; on disk → auf Platte/Diskette

disk

(Comput):

disk access

n → Datenträgerzugriff m

disk cleanup

n → Datenträgerbereinigung f

disk controller

n → Plattencontroller m

disk drive

n → (Festplatten)laufwerk nt; (= floppy disk drive) → Diskettenlaufwerk nt

disk

diskless

adj (Comput) → plattenlos

disk operating system

n (Comput) → Betriebssystem nt

disk space

n (Comput) → Speicherkapazität f

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disk

[dɪsk] n

a. = disc

b. (Comput) → disco
single-/double-sided disk → disco m monofaccia inv/a doppia faccia

disk

disc . disk drive (ˈdisk ˌdraiv) noun

the part of a computer that is used to pass information onto or from a disk. skyfaandrywer قُرْص дисково устройство unidade de disco disková mechanika das Laufwerk diskdrev; diskettedrev συσκευή σε Η/Υ για ανάγνωση ή/και εγγραφή ψηφιακών δίσκων disquetera kettaseade قسمتی از کامپیوتر که لوح فشرده در آن قرار می گیرد levyasema lecteur de disquettes דיסק डिस्क डाइव, बिम्ब, चकती, डिस्क, मण्डलक disk jedinica, diskovni pogon lemezmeghajtó (számítógépben) penggerak disket unità disco ディスクドライブ 디스크 드라이브 diskavedis diskdzinis bahagian dalam komputer diskdrive, floppydrive platedrev napęd dyskowy سی دی رم дисковод mechanika disku, disková jednotka računalniški disk disketna jedinica diskettstation, diskettenhet หน่วยขับจานบันทึก (คอมพิวเตอร์) disk sürücü(sü) 磁盤驅動 дисковід صوت نگار آلے میں قرص کو گھمانے والا پرزہ đĩa máy tính 磁盘驱动

disk

→ قُرْص disk harddisk Scheibe δίσκος disco levy disque disk disco ディスク 디스크 schijf plate dysk disco дисковое запоминающее устройство disk แผ่นดิสก์ disk ổ đĩa 光盘

disk

n. disco;

herniated ___ → ___ herniado;

ruptured ___ → ruptura del ___.

disk

V. disc.

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Subsequently a peculiar luminous and sinuous mark- ing appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disk. One needs to see the drawings of these ap- pearances in order to appreciate fully their remarkable resemblance in character.

Be that as it may, for many years yet there will certainly be no relaxation of the eager scrutiny of the Martian disk, and those fiery darts of the sky, the shooting stars, will bring with them as they fall an unavoidable apprehension to all the sons of men.

View in context

You stand off three or four steps, with some broad wooden disks before you on the deck, and these you send forward with a vigorous thrust of a long crutch.

View in context

In fact, some analysts believe--and users will confirm--that VTL offers the best of both tape and disk rolled up into one nice, neat plug-and-play appliance.

Pain point of time

"StorageTek sells an excellent disk product with competitive advantages in the areas of price, maintenance and sustainability," said Pierre Cousin, StorageTek vice president of Online Solutions.

StorageTek significantly lowers prices on disk subsystems

CD-ROM is the medium of the publishing industry for the recording of reference data on disks. Data once written to disk by the publisher cannot be erased or overwritten but can be read many times.

Directions in optical storage

The new Free Disk Monitor Lite enables agile management by allowing the IT admins in SMBs to monitor disk space on unlimited remote machines from a single console.

ManageEngine launches Free Disk Monitor Lite

The first is the rotation of the disk, while the other is the strong gravitational pull of the black hole.

A new spin: X-rays shed light on black holes

The use of disk-to-disk backup is increasing due to the falling cost of disk storage, the elimination of physical limits, relative unreliability of manual tape storage programs, and the need for ready access to data.

Managing distributed data in the enterprise

Two bright-yellow, banana-shaped arcs of gas and dust face each other within a newly discovered disk surrounding a nearby young star.

Banana split in space

Enter the disk, which originally hails from the Institut fur Stahlwerkzeuge at the University of Stuttgart (from which TRUMPF, and other companies, have secured a license).

The disk difference: Improving laser output; It's smaller and provides a more powerful beam. It's based on Yb:YAG, so it can be deployed through an optical fiber. It facilitates remote welding. The disk laser can be a boon to those who start to reconsider how they process parts