disk file

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Noun1.disk file - (computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique labeldisk file - (computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer file - (computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form
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SQL Clone v2 was therefore developed to work with VHDX, the Hyper-V virtual hard disk format used in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 upwards that has an increased storage capacity of 64TB.
The storage medium may, in due course, move away from the familiar disk format, because the reading reference beam can be steered to the appropriate place in the media more easily and reliably than a disk can be rotated at high speed.
Published also in interactive computer disk format.7.
And because data at the remote site is stored on disk in native disk format (not converted to a tape format for storage on tape) there is a much higher chance of data being recoverable when it is required.
The company currently has about 200 ads, which can be previewed by a potential client in VHS or compact disk format. Ads are organized by product type: loans, online banking, credit line, business banking, home equity, trust; and also by category of campaign.
Both families are DVD-Video, Video-CD, CD-D A (CD-TEXT), CD-R/RW, and MP3 disk format compatible.
said Wednesday it plans to launch a new-generation recordable DVD player based on the Blu-ray Disk format as early as 2005.
The disk format keeps track of the progress of individual students and allows them to move forward or backward through the lesson segments at their own pace.
The honors salute DVD labels and producers for excellence in content and production techniques that are unique to the digital disk format.