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Disk is a general term that is used to describe flattened circular objects. The most common use of the word disk in astronomy is in describing round objects like the moon or planets. There is also the accretion disk which formed the solar system. Others uses of the term disk include disk-shaped galaxies and a cloud of stars in a spiral galaxy that surrounds the central bulge. ...
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The flat central part of a compound flower. It is made up of short, tubular florets.
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A thin platter coated with a magnetic material, and used in a disk drive to store information. Also can refer to the drive itself.
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Same as magnetic disk. A round, flat magnetic recording medium with one or more layers deposited on the surface which data can be recorded onto.
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a round plastic magnetic device on which computer programs and data are saved. There are three main types of disks: hard disks (maintained inside the computer), diskettes (aka floppy disks), and compact disks.
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