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Record 1 2003-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A server whose function it is to read and write raw disk blocks, without regard to their contents.

OBS

In a local network. Typical messages that could be sent to a disk server are requests to allocate a disk block, return a disk block, read and write a disk block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Dans un réseau local, serveur ayant la fonction de lire et d'écrire des blocs de données brutes de format indéterminé, sans [tenir compte] de leur contenu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Servidor cuya función es leer y escribir bloques de datos en bruto, sin tener en cuenta su contenido.

OBS

En una red local. Los mensajes típicos que pueden enviarse a un servidor de disco son peticiones de asignación de espacio a un bloque de datos, de devolución de un bloque de datos, de lectura y de escritura de un bloque de datos.

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