DISK OVERHEAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

Synonyms:

disk overhead; overhead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("disk overhead" is a kind of...):

disc space; disk space ((computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk)

Domain category:

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

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