English Dictionary

HEAD CRASH

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does head crash mean? 

HEAD CRASH (noun)
  The noun HEAD CRASH has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)play

  Familiarity information: HEAD CRASH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEAD CRASH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("head crash" is a kind of...):

crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"A cat may look at a king." (English proverb)

"Don't strike the hot iron with an wooden hammer." (Albanian proverb)

"Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh." (Arabic proverb)

"The most beautiful laughter comes from the mouth of a mourner." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact