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DISK OVERHEAD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does disk overhead mean?

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

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• DISK OVERHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

disk overhead ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

disk overhead; overhead

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

disc space; disk space ((computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk)

Domain category:

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

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