Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winchester disk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: winch-ester disk
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated

Etymology

Code name for the IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility, named after the Winchester thirty-thirty rifle, a reference to its initial 2 × 30 MB storage capacity.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

Winchester disks (plural)

Synonyms

Winchester

Questions

What does winchester disk mean?: A hard disk.
Where does winchester disk come from?: Code name for the IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility, named after the Winchester thirty-thirty rifle, a reference to its initial 2 × 30 MB storage capacity.

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