Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cabina de discos
English translation:
disk or computer cabinet
Added to glossary by
Elizabeth Lyons
Jul 21, 2005 12:40
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
cabina de discos
Spanish to English
Other
Computers: Hardware
In an article on an computer software. Does this mean disk drive?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | computer housing, tower or case |
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computer housing, tower or case
It sounds like the actual casing that the equipment is housed in, the tower (if that is its configuration) or box typical of PC's.
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Note added at 46 mins (2005-07-21 13:27:14 GMT)
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Cabina = cabinet.
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Note added at 49 mins (2005-07-21 13:29:44 GMT)
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Examples:
To familiarize yourself with the external disk drive.The figure above shows an external disk cabinet containing three disk drives. To determine the number of disk drives in your external disk cabinet, ...
docs.hp.com/en/B3813-90014/ch03s02.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
HP 3000 ManualsIdentifying and Installing Your External Disk [REV BEG] ... Click here to view figure. Figure 2-15. External Disk Cabinet SCSI Cable Connection 4. ...
docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BA170796030.11756/10 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 51 mins (2005-07-21 13:32:11 GMT)
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The other possibility is that it literally means a stand-alone box or storage unit for CD\'s.
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Note added at 46 mins (2005-07-21 13:27:14 GMT)
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Cabina = cabinet.
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Note added at 49 mins (2005-07-21 13:29:44 GMT)
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Examples:
To familiarize yourself with the external disk drive.The figure above shows an external disk cabinet containing three disk drives. To determine the number of disk drives in your external disk cabinet, ...
docs.hp.com/en/B3813-90014/ch03s02.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
HP 3000 ManualsIdentifying and Installing Your External Disk [REV BEG] ... Click here to view figure. Figure 2-15. External Disk Cabinet SCSI Cable Connection 4. ...
docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BA170796030.11756/10 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 51 mins (2005-07-21 13:32:11 GMT)
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The other possibility is that it literally means a stand-alone box or storage unit for CD\'s.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help, went for disk cabinet in the end. "
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