Definition of Disk file

1. Noun. (computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label.

Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Computer File

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disk File

disjunctures
disjune
disjunes
disk
disk-jockey
disk access
disk brake
disk cache
disk clutch
disk controller
disk disease
disk drive
disk drives
disk error
disk file (current term)
disk harrow
disk image
disk images
disk jockey
disk kidney
disk operating system
disk overhead
disk pack
disk sensitivity method
disk shape
disk space
disk syndrome
diskectomies
diskectomy

Literary usage of Disk file

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for OpenVMS Alpha by Sas Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"Routing Procedure Output to a disk file To send the procedure output to a disk file in interactive line mode, choose from the following methods: ..."

2. Mastering C++ by K. R. Venugopal, Rajkumar Buyya, T. Ravishankar, Shaduli Vanimal (muhammad Ali Shaduli) (1997)
"The statement infile » name; reads name string from the input disk file, ... Note that the syntax for writing to the disk file resembles that used for ..."

3. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"For example, after a file named MyDocument.doc is removed from the Recovery Bin, it might appear in the Undelete From disk file listing as ..."

4. Defend Your Data!: Guide to Data Recovery by David J. Stang (1991)
"FAT is a simple program that can be used to display the chain of clusters (disk allocation units) that belong to a disk file, to determine which file "owns" ..."

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