Definition of Diskless

1. a. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.

Definition of Diskless

1. Adjective. (computing) Without the use of floppy disks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diskless

1. without a disk [adj]

Medical Definition of Diskless

1. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diskless

disk overhead
disk pack
disk sensitivity method
disk shape
disk space
disk syndrome
diskectomies
diskectomy
disked
diskette
diskettes
diskindness
diskindnesses
disking
diskitis
diskless (current term)
disklike
diskmag
diskmags
diskogram
diskography
diskoi
diskos
disks
diskzine
diskzines
disleaf
disleafed
disleafing
disleafs

Literary usage of Diskless

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

1. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"diskless Workstations The diskless workstation plugs one big security gap in ... A "diskless pc" is the same as a "diskless workstation" is the same as a ..."

2. Microcomputer Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"diskless Workstations The diskless workstation plugs one big security gap in ... A "diskless pc" is the same as a "diskless workstation" is the same as a ..."

3. Executive Guide to Computer Viruses by Charles Ritstein (1992)
"diskless Workstations. Authentication: Passwords and Modern Variations. Encryption. ... diskless Workstations. Electronic Mail. Encryption Products. ..."

4. National Information Systems Security '95 (18th) Proceedings: Making by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Thus, the host processor considers itself to be a diskless workstation, with the TCB processor as a remote host. The boot image file contains the operating ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"My conservative endeavors were all neutralized by its destructive exertions, and it is now badly represented in my cabinet by an armless disk and diskless ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"My conservative endeavours were all neutralized by its destructive exertions, and it is now badly represented in my cabinet by a diskless arm and an armless ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"The telescope was appealed to in vain, for in the largest instruments the stars remain diskless—brilliant points merely. The stars have, indeed, ..."

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