English Dictionary: removable | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Removable \Re*mov"a*ble\ (r?-m??v"?-b'l), a. Admitting of being removed. --Ayliffe. -- {Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty} (-[?]-b[?]l"[?]-t[?]), n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Removable \Re*mov"a*ble\ (r?-m??v"?-b'l), a. Admitting of being removed. --Ayliffe. -- {Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty} (-[?]-b[?]l"[?]-t[?]), n. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
removable disk {magneto-optical disk} which is not permanently attached to the {disk drive} (not a {fixed disk}) but which can be taken out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same drive. {Floppy disks} are removable disks but the term is not commonly used for them but mostly for {hard disks} in suitable cartridges such as those made by {Syquest}, {Iomega} and others. Removable disks have become popular on {microcomputers} in the 1990s since they offer a cheap way of expanding disk space, transporting large amounts of data between computers and storing back-ups. The concept is not new however, removable disk packs were common on {minicomputers} such as the {PDP-11} in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of {washing machines} and the disk packs as big as car wheels. (1997-06-06) |