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DISKLESS

Definition: DISKLESS

DISKLESS

Adjective

1. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: DISKLESS

Specialty definitions using "DISKLESS": 3Stationboot disk, BOOTPdiskless workstationReverse Address Resolution ProtocolTrivial File Transfer Protocol. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DISKLESS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Shelly/Cashman CyberClass Level II -- Diskless (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DISKLESS

"DISKLESS" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DISKLESS" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3558,339

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: DISKLESS

Expression using "DISKLESS": diskless workstation. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DISKLESS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

diskless

17

diskless window

5

diskless workstation

5

diskless linux

4

boot diskless

4

diskless win98

2

diskless window xp

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DISKLESS

Language Translations for "DISKLESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

diskløs arbejdsstation (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

diskless workstation (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

levytön työasema (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

French

  

terminal sans unité de disque (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

German

  

plattenlose Workstation (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταθμός εργασίας χωρίς μονάδα δίσκου (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ディスクレス . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isklessday

   

Portuguese

  

estação sem disco (diskless workstation). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

инф)бездисковый. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estación de trabajo sin disco (diskless workstation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: DISKLESS

Misspellings

"DISKLESS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dickless, Dioskilos. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DISKLESS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-l-s-s-s"

-2 letters: disses, kissed, kisses, sidles, silked, slides.

-3 letters: deils, delis, desks, dikes, disks, idles, isled, isles, liked, likes, sides, sidle, sikes, silds, silks, sises, skids, skied, skies, sleds, slide.

-4 letters: deil, deli, dels, desk, diel, dies, dike, disk, diss, elds, elks, ides, idle, ilks, isle, kids, kiss, leis, leks, less, lids, lied, lies, like.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-k-l-s-s-s"
 

+3 letters: dickcissels.

 

+4 letters: kindlinesses, slickensides.

 

+5 letters: godlikenesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DISKLESS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 53 4B 4C 45 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    -.-    .-..    .    ...    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010011 01001011 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#75 &#76 &#69 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 004B 004C 0045 0053 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3843534546395353

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Non-English Dictionaries with "DISKLESS"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dinamarquês, датский, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandês, голландский, holandés

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, греческий, грек, griego

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjapanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugués

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеrusser, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruso

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglês, английский, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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