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MAGNETIC DISC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic disc mean?

• MAGNETIC DISC (noun)
The noun MAGNETIC DISC 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 DISC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MAGNETIC DISC (noun)

Sense 1

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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:

magnetic disc; magnetic disk; disc; disk

Hypernyms ("magnetic disc" 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 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)

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

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