Winchester disk

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Winchester disk

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Code name for the IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility, named after the Winchester thirty-thirty rifle, a reference to its initial 2 × 30 MB storage capacity.

noun Winchester disks

dated A hard disk.
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@misc{winchester_disk_2026,
  title = {Winchester disk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winchester%20disk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}