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DISK STORAGE DRIVE [16 records]

Record 1 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Optical disk storage involves the use of a laser beam (e.g., from a helium-neon laser) to write the data on the surface of a metallic disk. The laser beam is tightly focused to form a spot of light, or the optical stylus, which burns tiny pits onto concentric tracks (rings) on the disk to write data. The laser beam scans the pits, which reflect light from the disk to photodetector to read data.

OBS

[Optical disk storage can be, for example, an] optical disk cartridge [or an] optical disk drive.

Key term(s)
  • optical disc storage
  • optical disc storage device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

All the components required for disk storage, including the disk, disk drive, read/write heads, control electronics, and software

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
OBS

On peut citer la période du pic, qui correspond à la période des vagues dominantes. Elle est définie à partir du spectre d'état de mer comme la période pour laquelle la densité spectrale est maximale.

OBS

Vagues : - hauteur significative; - périodes pics (incluant houle et mer du vent); - directions pics (incluant houle et mer du vent).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
OBS

Les marins distinguent la mer de vent de la houle. Contrairement à la houle qui peut venir de loin, la mer de vent est le résultat local (en temps et en lieu) de l’effet du vent soufflant sur le plan d’eau.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Tidal Power Stations
  • Wave-Energy Power Plants
  • Oceanography
OBS

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

OBS

directional wave spectrum: A two-dimensional spectrum that shows how the wave energy is distributed between various directions of incidence, in addition to how it is distributed among various frequencies.

OBS

The wave model selected for use … simulates the behavior of a random sea through use of a two-dimensional wave spectrum in which the wave energy density is a function of both frequency and direction.

Key term(s)
  • directional wave heading-frequency spectra
  • wave directional heading-frequency spectrum
  • wave directional heading-frequency spectra
  • directional wave direction-frequency spectra
  • directional wave frequency-direction spectrum
  • directional wave frequency-direction spectra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Centrales marémotrices
  • Centrales houlomotrices
  • Océanographie
OBS

Spectres directionnels. - La forme des spectres en fréquence est encore le sujet de discussions […] en particulier dans sa partie haute fréquence qui est très importante pour la réflexion d’ondes radar [...] Pour la forme directionnelle des vagues les incertitudes sont bien plus grandes, même au niveau du pic spectral, en particulier à cause du faible nombre d’observations directionnelles de bonne qualité. Le spectre fréquence-direction [...] se décompose de manière usuelle [...]

OBS

Les bouées de mesures du spectre directionnel des vagues (pilonnement, roulis, tangage, cap) ont deux avantages importants par rapport aux autres instrumentations possibles : elles sont utilisables quelle que soit la profondeur d'eau en dehors de la zone littorale de déferlement, et elles fournissent une information continue en fréquence sur tout le spectre de vagues de périodes supérieures à 2.5 secondes.

Key term(s)
  • spectre directionnel fréquences-caps des vagues
  • spectre directionnel cap et fréquence des vagues
  • spectre directionnel cap-fréquence des vagues

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

Key term(s)
  • wave frequency spectra
  • wave-frequency spectrum
  • wave-frequency spectra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
CONT

La période de la houle peut atteindre plusieurs dizaines de secondes, mais dépasse rarement 30 secondes.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
CONT

Display of measurements and storage to the computer disk drive will include significant wave height, peak wave period, mean wave period, peak wave length, mean wave direction, peak wave direction, wind sea period(< 10 s), wind sea wave direction, swell wave period(> 10 s), swell wave direction, wave frequency spectra and wave heading-frequency(directional) spectra and sea surface elevation maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A magnetic storage product [that offers] built-in protection from disk crashes, [has] the capacity of a hard drive, the portability of a floppy disk, and [offers] the ability to add unlimited capacity by utilizing more Bernoulli disks, and the ability to transport large files and store them away from the computer for security.

OBS

Named after the eighteenth-century physicist Daniel Bernoulli and developed by the Iomega Corporation in the 1980s, the Bernoulli drive was first marketed as the "Bernoulli Box" and then as the "Bernoulli."

OBS

Iomega’s founders employed an aerodynamic principle known as the "Bernoulli effect" to pull the [drive’s] flexible disk up to [its] read-write heads, where a cushion of air protected the heads from hitting the magnetic storage platter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
OBS

Le lecteur Bernoulli prend son nom du physicien Daniel Bernoulli du dix-huitième siècle. Il a été développé dans les années 1980 par Iomega Corporation qui le commercialise sous le nom de «Bernoulli Box» (littéralement, boîte de Bernoulli).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
Key term(s)
  • caja de Bernoulli
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Record 13 2004-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

An expansion card containing a hard disk drive.

OBS

The hard card fits into an expansion slot instead of a disk drive bay. Hard cards are easy to install and often faster than conventional disk drives, but may have less storage capacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
CONT

Les disques durs sont généralement inamovibles, comme le disque fixe qui est monté en permanence sur l'unité de disque (celle-ci étant souvent appelée disque dur). Toutefois, il existe certains modèles amovibles qui peuvent être déplacés d'un ordinateur à l'autre et des cartes disques durs qui s'installent dans un connecteur d'extension du micro-ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

En una computadora (ordenador) personal, es una tarjeta de expansión que contiene una unidad de disco y que puede instalarse en una ranura de expansión.

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Record 14 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A peripheral device with read/write heads and associated electronics that can store and retrieve data from rotating disks.

OBS

A system which has two discs on-line will have two disc drives.

OBS

disk drive; disk unit: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • magnetic disc drive
  • disc unit
  • disc storage drive
  • disc drive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Périphérique muni de têtes de lecture-écriture et de circuits électroniques associés, permettant de stocker des données sur des disques rotatifs et de les restituer.

OBS

unité de disque; lecteur; lecteur de disque : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo periférico con cabezas de lectura/escritura diseñado para almacenar y recuperar información de discos magnéticos, ya sea de un solo disco, una pila de discos o un cargador de discos.

OBS

unidad de discos: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 15 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A type of hard disk drive system initially developed by IBM, it has a sealed nonremovable rigid magnetic oxide coated disk. It offers very short access time and high capacity storage as compared with cassette tapes or floppy disk drives.

Key term(s)
  • Winchester disc
  • Winchester hard disc

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Disque magnétique se caractérisant par l'intervalle très restreint entre la tête et la couche magnétique lors de la notation du disque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Disco rígido y fijo que utiliza la tecnología de Winchester, desarrollado por IBM. El disco Winchester se contiene en una unidad cerrada [sellada] y permite un almacenamiento muy compacto de los datos. Ofrece un almacenamiento masivo muy eficaz con un acceso muy rápido.

OBS

disco Winchester: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 16 1986-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A floppy disk system with two drive mechanisms and recording heads, which allows increased storage capacity and disk-to-disk data transfer and back-up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
OBS

"unité double" : voir Micro Systèmes, no. 24, 1982, p. 76.

Spanish

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