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(computing) A window displaying information about an application, such as version number and copyright or other licence.
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(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
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(computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
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The part of a system that the user can access, as the control panel of a security system, also called control unit.
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(computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
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(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
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(UK) Alternative spelling of disk drive [(computer hardware) A computer drive that reads disks.]
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(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
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(computer hardware) A computer drive that reads disks.
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(computing) A copy of all or part of a disk drive retained for backup or replication purposes.
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(computer hardware, dated) An 8-inch floppy disk.
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(computing) floppy diskette drive
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(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
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(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.
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(computing) An alphabetical identifier assigned to a drive or volume on MS-DOS or Windows.
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Synonym of hard disk drive
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Alternative form of flash drive [(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.]
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Alternative spelling of flippy disk [(computing, dated) An 8-inch or 5.25-inch floppy diskette having storage capacity on both sides, and needing to be removed from the drive, flipped over and reinserted in order to access the other side.]
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(computing, dated) An 8-inch or 5.25-inch floppy diskette having storage capacity on both sides, and needing to be removed from the drive, flipped over and reinserted in order to access the other side.
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Alternative form of floppy disk [(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.]
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Alternative spelling of floppy disk drive [(computer hardware) A floppy drive; a disk drive for floppy disks.]
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(computer hardware) A floppy drive; a disk drive for floppy disks.
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A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.
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A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+¹⁄₂″, 5+¹⁄₄″ or 8″ diskettes.
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(computing, by extension) A hard disk enclosure for several disks, especially one lacking a RAID controller.
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(computing) A USB flash drive.
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(electronics, computing) a strip of magnetic material on which data is stored for later retrieval and reading by an electronic device
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(computer hardware) A minidisc drive.
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(computing) A hardware device that performs the same function, often also acting as a data storage device.
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(computing, historical) An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.
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(computing, dated) a 5.25-inch floppy diskette
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(computing, dated) a 5.25-inch floppy diskette
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(computing) A port that uses a lightweight driver that relies on built-in support from the operating system.
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(computing) To transfer files between 13-sector and 16-sector Apple ][ diskettes, as with MUFFIN (Move Utility For Files In NewDOS.)
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(computing, telecommunications) A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.
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Alternative form of multi-touch [(computing) Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface, accepting more than one touch at the same time.]
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(US) The symbol # on a telephone
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A portable device used to charge mobile phones and tablet computers.
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In data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form.
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(computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
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(computing) A serial communication physical interface through which data is transferred in or out one bit at a time.
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(countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
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(computing) A feed drive
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(computing) Standard output: a stream mapped to the primary output device, typically a screen.
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(South Africa) A computer floppy disk of the kind supplied in a stiff plastic outer shell.
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(computing) A data storage system, mainly used to produce backups, in which large quantities of data are transferred to a continuously moving tape; a tape drive.
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(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
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(computing) A graphics tablet.
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(computing, trademark) a computer interface standard for connecting devices, combining PCI Express, DisplayPort and DC power in one connector.
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(computing) An electronics chassis, physically external to a host system, that provides a way to connect PCI Express cards to that host using the Thunderbolt interface.
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(computing) An international standard for interconnecting personal computer devices using simple plugs and sockets and lightweight cables.
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(computing) A socket on a personal computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged.
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(computing) A hardware device serving as a user identity credential that one can connect to a standard computer interface such as a USB jack; often used in addition to or instead of a password.
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(trademark) Alternative form of USB Type-C. [(trademark) A type of USB with 24 pins, and close to an ovoid in shape.]
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(computer hardware) A write once, read many drive; data storage technology that allows information to be written to a disc a single time and prevents the drive from erasing the data.
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(computing) A hardware device that allows a computer to read a peripheral such as a hard disk without making any changes to its contents, useful in cyberforensics etc.
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