disk optimizer
A program that makes a disk more efficient. Disk optimizer us a variety of techniques, including defragmenting the disk. Fragmentation occurs naturally when a disk is used often.
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- disk pack
A stack of removable hard disks encased in a metal or plastic container.
- disk scrubbing
Refers to a software utility used to completely wipe-out hard disk drives. This type of utility can usually overwrite single files, unused space on a disk, or a whole disk drive, using a series of algorithms to make it highly unlikely that anyone could ever retrieve the original data from the disk.
- disk striping
A technique for spreading data over multiple disk drives. Disk striping can speed up operations that retrieve data from disk storage. The computer system breaks a body of data into units and spreads these units across the available disks. Systems that implement disk striping generally allow the user to select the data unit size or […]
- display
(v) To make data or images appear on a monitor. (n) Short for display screen or monitor.
- dissolve
In graphics and video editing dissolve is a term used to describe a transition effect in which one video clip (or one image) is gradually fads out while another image simultaneously replaces the original one. Also called video dissolve, film dissolve, or linear light blend. The overall objective is for the image or clip to […]