"Winchester disk" meaning in All languages combined

See Winchester disk on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Winchester disks [plural]
Etymology: Code name for the IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility, named after the Winchester thirty-thirty rifle, a reference to its initial 2 × 30 MB storage capacity. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Winchester disk (plural Winchester disks)
  1. (computing, dated) A hard disk. Wikipedia link: Winchester disk Tags: dated Synonyms: Winchester

Inflected forms

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