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Definition of Fixed disk
1. Noun. A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit.
Group relationships: Disc Drive, Disk Drive, Hard Drive, Winchester Drive
Generic synonyms: Disc, Disk, Magnetic Disc, Magnetic Disk
Specialized synonyms: Removable Disk
Definition of Fixed disk
1. Noun. A hard disk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fixed Disk
Literary usage of Fixed disk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"... B -= It' — R. If the distance between the suspended disk and the large fixed
disk is D, and the difference of potentials between these disks is V, then, ..."
2. Vestiges of Pre-metric Weights and Measures Persisting in Metric-system by Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1881)
"If the surface of the guard-ring is not exactly in the plane of the surface of
the suspended disk, let us suppose that the distance between the fixed disk ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Electricity by James Clerk Maxwell, William Garnett (1888)
"The fixed disk is horizontal, and is mounted on an insulating stem which has a
... The guard-ring is at least as large as the fixed disk ; its lower ..."
4. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1875)
"They, a fixed disk : therefore, were for the most part circular apertures.
One disk is fixed On May 19 ... Behind the fixed disk is the rotating ! sound. ..."
5. Advisory Memorandum on Office Automation Security Guideline (1993)
"Example: Suppose that there is an OA System with one fixed disk and one floppy
disk drive. The system and its fixed disk are classified SECRET. ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Back of the fixed disk is a revolving plate with a like number of similar openings,
which is rotated by power specially arranged for that purpose. ..."
7. Report on Machinery and Processes of the Industrial Arts and Apparatus of by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1869)
"Mr. Holtz thought it necessary to shield the rotating disk by the fixed disk,
all over its surface, except where the armatures are placed. ..."
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