Definition of Disc space

1. Noun. (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk.

Exact synonyms: Disk Space
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Specialized synonyms: Disk Overhead, Overhead, Swap File, Swap Space
Generic synonyms: Space

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disc Space

disc-jockey
disc-tongued frog
disc brake
disc brakes
disc drive
disc drives
disc electrophoresis
disc flower
disc gel
disc golf
disc harrow
disc jockey
disc jockeys
disc pack
disc sequestration
disc space (current term)
discadenine synthetase
discage
discaged
discages
discaging
discal
discalceate
discalceated
discalceation
discalced
discamp
discamped
discamping
discamps

Literary usage of Disc space

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1890)
"I traced in some of the most delicate terminal arborizations the regular succession of thick disc, space and thin disc continued up to the little elastic ..."

2. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson (1903)
"... with a broad bar of crimson-purple on their lower halves, lip rose, with a dark crimson-purple disc. Space will not allow me to describe a tithe )f what ..."

3. The Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson (2001)
"This reduction to 40 rooms would have been worthwhile even if memory and disc space had been unlimited. Redundant locations can be an indication of too much ..."

4. Open Information Interchange Study On Image/graphics Standards by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The Kodak Pro Photo CD Master Disc will store images scanned at resolutions of 4k x 6k, which will occupy 72Mb of disc space. ..."

5. Information Market Guide: Commission of the European Communities by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... chemistry GHOST TRACKS : recreation GIACOBINI-ZINNER DISC : space research GIGA-ROM : computer science GIGABYTE GOLD : computer science GIGABYTE SCENES ..."

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