Dictionary - Definition of DISKLESS

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Definition: DISKLESS


Part of Speech	Definition
Adjective	1. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.[Websters] 2. Being blank. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb disklessly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form (disklessly)	1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective diskless.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

Date "Diskless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: DISKLESS

Expressions	Definition
Diskless Nodes	A Diskless Node is a computer on a network that does not load its operating system from a local hard disk. They are still each considered individual computers, or 'nodes' on a network, and are sometimes incorrectly referred to as simply 'workstations'. (references)
Diskless workstation	A diskless workstation is a workstation or personal computer without any means of non-volatile storage (hence 'diskless'). Not to be confused with terminals or cut-down PC's acting as such, a diskless workstation is intended to run in a fully 'stand-alone' mode after the initial boot phase. It thus runs a full modern operating system from its own local RAM. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: DISKLESS

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Diskless workstation	Computing	Diskless workstation A personal computer or workstation which has neither a hard disk nor floppy disk drive and which performs all file access via a local area network connection to a file server. The lowest level bootstrap code is stored in non-volatile storage. This uses a simple protocol such as BOOTP to request and download more sophisticated boot code and eventually, the operating system. The archetypal product was the 3Station developed by Bob Metcalfe at 3Com. Another example was the Sun 3/50. Diskless workstations are ideal when many users are running the same application. They are small, quiet, more reliable than products with disks, and help prevent both the theft of data and the introduction of viruses since the software and data available on them is controlled by the network administrator or system administrator. They do however rely on a server which becomes a disadvantage if it is heavily loaded or down. See also breath-of-life packet. (1995-03-28). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
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Topics by Level of Interest: DISKLESS
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Diskless node	29		Diskless node	29
Diskless Remote Boot in Linux	12		Diskless Remote Boot in Linux	12
Diskless Shared Root Cluster	5		Diskless Shared Root Cluster	5
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: DISKLESS

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified	没有盘 (diskless), 无磁碟工作站 (diskless workstation). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	無磁碟工作站 (diskless workstation). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch	scheibenlos (diskless). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch	floppyloos (diskless). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	disque (disc, disk, record, dial, discus), sans disque (diskless). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
French	disque (disc, disk, record, dial, discus), sans disque (diskless). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
German	scheibenlos (diskless). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	디스크가 없는 (diskless). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	디스크가 없는 (diskless). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	scheibenlos (diskless). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	scheibenlos (diskless). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian	disco (disc, disk, record, discus, grammophone disc), dischi (discs, diskless, disks, pucks, records), disc (diskless), verifica sistema diskless (verify diskless), client diskless (diskless clients). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	ディスクレス (diskless), ディスク装置を持たない (diskless), ディスクなしの (diskless). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	디스크가 없는 (diskless). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	sin discos (diskless), sin discas (diskless), sin disco (diskless). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, diskless. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “diskless” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	isklessday (diskless). Additional references: Pig Latin, diskless. (volunteer)
Terran B	sins (diskless, nonprice, nonrecourse, nonrevenue, playless). Additional references: Terran B, diskless. (volunteer)
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