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DISK SPACE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
Synonyms:
disc space; disk space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("disk space" is a kind of...):
space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk space"):
disk overhead; overhead ((computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing)
swap file; swap space (the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory)