disk space

Thân thiện

The computer shows a warning that disk space is low.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Computing) The amount of storage capacity available on a magnetic disk or other digital storage medium. This refers to the total volume of data that can be stored, measured in units like bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • My computer is running slowly because I have very little disk space left.
  • You need to check if you have enough disk space to install the new software.
  • The application requires a minimum of 500 MB of free disk space to operate correctly.

Advanced Usage

• "to allocate disk space": To reserve or assign a specific portion of storage capacity for a particular purpose.
  • The system will automatically allocate disk space for the virtual memory file.
• "disk space management": The process of organizing, monitoring, and optimizing the use of storage capacity.
  • Good disk space management involves regularly deleting unnecessary files.

Variants and Related Words

• Storage space (n): A more general term for digital storage capacity, which can include disk space, cloud storage, or memory.
  • I need more storage space for my photo library.
• Disk capacity (n): Often used synonymously with "disk space," it specifically refers to the total amount of data a disk can hold.
  • This hard drive has a disk capacity of 2 terabytes.

Synonyms

• Storage capacity: The amount of data a storage device can hold.
• Memory space: While often referring to RAM (temporary memory), it can be used informally for storage space.

Related Phrases

• "to free up disk space": To delete files or uninstall programs to make more storage available.
  • I cleaned my downloads folder to free up some disk space.
• "to run out of disk space": To have no available storage capacity left.
  • The program crashed because it ran out of disk space.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk

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