magnetic disk

What does magnetic disk mean?

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

What is another word for magnetic disk?

Close synonyms include magnetic disc, disk, disc. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magnetic disk a common word?

magnetic disk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for magnetic disk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.