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Definition: Disk Controller |
Disk ControllerNoun1. (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Disk controller |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
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Crosswords: Disk Controller |
| Specialty definitions using "disk controller": bagbiter, bus master ♦ Commodore 1541, Commodore 64, Commodore 65 ♦ disk duplexing ♦ Enhanced Small Disk Interface, expansion card ♦ FDC ♦ HDC ♦ NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR ♦ printed circuit board ♦ SoftModem ♦ tagged queueing ♦ XT bus architecture. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hard disk controller | 12 |
floppy disk controller | 9 |
disk controller | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "disk controller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | carte d'unité de disquettes (diskette controller, floppy disk controller). (various references) | ||||
Italian | controller del lettore di floppy disk (diskette controller, floppy disk controller), controller del lettore di dischetti (diskette controller, floppy disk controller). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | iskday ontrollercay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-k-l-l-n-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: controllers, ritornellos. | |
-4 letters: controlled, controller, decontrols, inscrolled, interlocks, resorcinol, ritornello, tricolored. | |
-5 letters: centroids, coeditors, colliders, colonised, condolers, consorted, corrodies, cortisone, cotillons, creditors, creodonts, decontrol, directors, doctrines, interlock, lordliest, recordist, rockslide, rollicked, sclerotin, strickled, tornillos, tricolors, tricornes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 6B 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C 6C 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101011 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s k   C o n t r o l l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 006B 0043 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 006C 006C 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758577237818086848178787184 |
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French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, francese |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italien, italiano |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, inglese |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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