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Definition of Magnetic disc
1. Noun. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored.
Specialized synonyms: Diskette, Floppy, Floppy Disk, Fixed Disk, Hard Disc, Hard Disk
Generic synonyms: Memory Device, Storage Device
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Derivative terms: Diskette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Disc
Literary usage of Magnetic disc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Review (1878)
"... the iron diaphragm is fixed in a circular bux, each side of which is a
permanently magnetic disc. At the centre of one of these discs there is a core, ..."
2. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"The car wheel has a disc cast upon it, and against this the magnetic disc acts.
The magnetic disc contains a coil which is in series in the brake circuit. ..."
3. Electric Railways: A Treatise on the Modern Development of Electric Traction by James R. Cravath, Harris C. Trow (1907)
"The car wheel has a disc cast upon it, and against this the magnetic disc acts.
The magnetic disc contains a coil which is in series in the brake circuit. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1908)
"The magnetic disc contains a coil which is in series in the brake circuit.
In applying an electric brake of this kind the motorman first puts the controller ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The strength of a magnetic disc or shell is its magnetic moment per unit of area,
if this be uniform. Induction of Currents in Magnetic field. ..."
6. Manual of Electricity: Including Galvanism, Magnetism, Diamagnetism, Electro by Henry Minchin Noad (1857)
"A circular magnetic disc being delicately balanced on a fine central point by
means of a rim of lead, was put into a state of rotation on a small agate cup, ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The magnetic disc "at each end will, of course, not be of uniform density,' but
if the pointe acted on bo at a distance which is infinitely great compared ..."
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