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  • 1Disk II — drives. The Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem was a 5¼ inch floppy disk drive designed by Steve Wozniak and manufactured by Apple Computer. It was first introduced in 1978 at a retail price of US$495 for pre order; it was later sold for $595… …

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  • 2Disk encryption theory — Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage media is a sector addressable device (e.g., a hard disk). This article presents cryptographic aspects of the problem. For discussion of different software packages and… …

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  • 3Disk-drive performance characteristics — are the attributes which control the time it takes to transfer (read or write) data between a computer and a data storage device (most typically disk storage) starting with the initial command from the computer or host until the storage device… …

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  • 4Half a Life (Star Trek: The Next Generation) — Half a Life Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Lwaxana and Dr. Timicin hold hands in Ten Forward …

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  • 5Half-moon — ( m[=oo]n ), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. [1913 Webster] 2. The shape of a half moon; a crescent. [1913 Webster] See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half moons, and wings.… …

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  • 6half-moon — half′ moon′ n. 1) astron. the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated 2) astron. the phase of the moon at this time 3) something having the shape of a half moon or crescent • Etymology: 1375–1425 …

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  • 7Disk enclosure — A 3.5 USB/FireWire hard disk enclosure A disk enclosure is essentially a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to communicate to one or more separate computers. Drive enclosures… …

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  • 8Disk partitioning — GParted is a popular utility used for disk partitioning Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if it were multiple disks.… …

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  • 9half-moon — noun Date: 15th century 1. the moon when half its disk appears illuminated 2. something shaped like a crescent 3. the lunule of a fingernail • half moon adjective …

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  • 10half-moon — /haf moohn , hahf /, n. 1. the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated. 2. the phase of the moon at this time. See diag. under moon. 3. something having the shape of a half moon or crescent. [1375 1425; late ME] * * * …

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