disk

US: /ˈdɪsk/
UK: /dˈɪsk/


English Vietnamese dictionary


disk /disk/ (disc) /disk/
  • danh từ
    • (thể dục,thể thao) đĩa
    • đĩa hát
    • đĩa, vật hình đĩa, bộ phận hình đĩa

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 (especially AmE) = DISC
2 (also magnetic disk) (computing) a device for storing information on a computer, with a MAGNETIC surface that records information received in electronic form
See also - FLOPPY DISK, HARD DISK

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

computer | hard | floppy | master
The master disk can beduplicated as many times asrequired.
| back-up | program | server, system | blank | laser, magnetic, optical | high density

VERB + DISK

insert, put in
Insert the disk into the drive slot.
| remove, take out | format | read
The computer reads the disk.
| copy, duplicate
I'll copy the disk into a file.
| copy/save (sth) to, save sth on
The program is set up so that you automatically save to disk every 15 minutes. Save the document to disk before closing it. The information can be saved on a disk.
| wipe
If you wipe that old disk, we can use it again.
| hold sth on, store sth on
The records will be stored on the computer's hard disk.

DISK + VERB

contain sth
The diskcontains the program you'll need.
| hold sth
Each disk holds 700 MB.

DISK + NOUN

capacity, space
I'mrunning out of disk space on mycomputer.
| drive | storage

PREP.

from ~
The informationrequired can then be retrievedfrom disk.
| on (a/the) ~
Haveyou got the file on disk? the dataon the disk
| onto ~
It is safest tosave your design onto disk.
| to ~
You simply download the pages todisk. > Special page at COMPUTER


Concise English dictionary


disksdɪsk
noun
+something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
+a flat circular plate
+sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
+(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
verb
+draw a harrow over (land)