Glossary D
Deutsch: Scheibe / Español: Disco / Português: Disco / Français: Disque / Italiano: Disco /
A Disk is a memory device which uses a magnetic media for the storage of information. Disk, as a term, has expanded into other areas often used to describe the shape of the storage media, that is: floppy disk, compact disk, laser disk, or hard disk. It sometimes refers to the way in which the storage media mimics a disk media; that is, RAM disk or bubble memory.
Deutsch: Verkleidung / Español: Vestimenta / Português: Vestuário / Français: Habillage / Italiano: Abbigliamento /
Dressing an animal involves the preparation of the carcass of a hunted animal, bird, or fish by removing hide or skin, plucking the feathers, some bones, and entrails and cleaning them after. Example of this kind is the dressed chicken
Dividers refer to compasses with fixed points used in architectural design and construction work to record measurements and divide lines into equal parts.
A Distribution Arrester (light duty class) is described as an arrester normally installed on and used to protect underground distribution systems where the major portion of the lightning stroke current is discharged by an arrester located at the overhead line/cable junction.