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• usty memory n. Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (esp.
  ape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts....
• disk farm: n. (also {laundromat}) A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (esp.
  {washing machine}s). -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• washing machine: n. Old-style 14-inch hard disks in floor-standing cabinets.
  So called because of the size of the cabinet and the `top-loading' access to the media packs --- and, of course, they were always set on `spin cycle'....
• farming: [Adelaide University, Australia] n. What the heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic media.
  Associated with a {crash}. Typically used as follow...
• drum: adj, n. Ancient techspeak term referring to slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of-the-art storage devices.
  Under BSD UNIX the disk partition used for swapping is still called `/dev/drum'...
• cut a tape: vi. To write a software or document distribution on magnetic tape for shipment.
  Has nothing to do with physically cutting the medium!...
• usty iron: n. Syn. {tired iron}. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of {water MIPS}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• golden: adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to describe a magnetic medium (e.
  g., `golden disk', `golden tape'), describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version....