Phrase Hound found 41 phrases and 20 compound words that contain disks. The most common are listed below. Open disks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- hard disksplural of hard disk: One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers.
- floppy disksplural of floppy disk: A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.
- redundant array of independent disksA system using multiple hard drives for the sharing or replication of data in order to increase data integrity, fault-tolerance or throughput.
- compact disksplural of compact disk: A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
- optical disksplural of optical disk: A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.
- accretion disksplural of accretion disk: A structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source such as a galaxy, black hole, or protostar.
- protoplanetary disksplural of protoplanetary disk: A rotating disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed.
- boot disksplural of boot disk: A computer disk holding a bootstrap loader and an operating system.
- brake disksplural of brake disk: The disc or rotor that is squeezed between brake pads in a disc brake.
- fixed disksplural of fixed disk: A hard disk.
- flash disksplural of flash disk: A flash drive.
- flying disksplural of flying disk: Alternative form of Frisbee (an object)
- gold disksplural of gold disk: A gold record.
- ice disksplural of ice disk: A phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the …
- lip disksplural of lip disk: A lip plate.
- parking disksplural of parking disk: A device placed inside a parked vehicle, indicating either the time of its arrival, or its eligibility to park in a specified place
- RAM disksplural of RAM disk: A virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in random access memory.
- silicon disksplural of silicon disk: A virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in random access memory.
- tax disksplural of tax disk: A circular piece of paper, designed to be fixed to the inside of a windscreen, that serves as a record that a vehicle has been properly taxed (no longer used)
- tree disksplural of tree disk: A preserved horizontal cross-section of a tree trunk or limb, often demonstrating the physical structure and growth rings of the source plant.
- unit disksplural of unit disk: A set of points on a plane whose distance from a given point is less than or equal to one.
- virtual disksplural of virtual disk: A file, such as a RAM disk or disk image, that emulates a physical disk.
- Zip disksplural of Zip disk: A disk of the kind that can be read and written by a Zip drive.
- optic disksplural of optic disk: The location where ganglion cell axons exit the eye to form the optic nerve.
- stellar disksplural of stellar disk: the flat part of a spiral galaxy around the central bulge
Compound words 20
- harddisksplural of harddisk: One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers.
- bootdisksplural of bootdisk: A computer disk holding a bootstrap loader and an operating system.
- pseudodisksplural of pseudodisk
- superdisksplural of superdisk: A closed curve, of form y = (1-xⁿ)^(1/n) (where n > 2), having properties intermediate between those of a circle and a square
- coverdisksplural of coverdisk: A floppy disk offered as a covermount, containing video games or other software.
- flashdisksplural of flashdisk: A flash drive.
- holodisksplural of holodisk: A holographic disk used as a storage medium.
- magnetodisksplural of magnetodisk: A disc-shaped magnetosphere
- microdisksplural of microdisk: A very small disk (in any of many contexts)
- musicdisksplural of musicdisk: A collection of music tracks composed on a computer and packaged with custom-written player software.