Scandinavian shield
noun
1.
another name for Baltic Shield
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operating system, storage An MS-DOS command to check for faults on a disk and provide a graphical representation the results. Scandisk was introduced with MS-DOS version 6 to replace CHKDSK. [What kinds of disk? What faults?] (1997-07-16)
- Scandium
noun, Chemistry. 1. a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0. noun 1. a rare light silvery-white metallic element occurring in minute quantities in numerous minerals. Symbol: Sc; atomic no: 21; atomic wt: 44.955910; valency: 3; relative density: 2.989; melting pt: 1541°C; boiling pt: […]
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noun, Chemistry. 1. a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- Scan-edf
storage, algorithm A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard […]
- Scanf
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