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  • noun Alternative spelling of RAM disk.

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Examples

  • Their soft called ramdisk is the one that backups stuff. very interesting idea.

    Google's advantage is RAM - Anil Dash 2003

  • Also, just like in our previous AMIs, the "pkg image-update" command updates the kernel and ramdisk which is not allowed in Amazon EC2.

    Sun Bloggers 2009

  • Bununla da kalmıyoruz, çekirdeğin yüklenmesi sırasında kullanılacak olan "ramdisk" de yine CD'den diske kopyaladığımız dosya sistemi olarak belirtilecek.

    Linux Gezegeni 2009

  • Some of the RAM is used for the "ramdisk", that's why in the case of the oversized log files it will bust the limit.

    The Tech Report: News 2009

  • Run a cache ramdisk on your system if you have large enough RAM which can speed up the system a lot and enables the harddrive to remain spindown for longer periods.

    Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips, And Tricks | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • That was it .. and of course I knew how to trim and customize the startup-sequence and load a whole floppy into the ramdisk .. those were the times.

    Remember when RAM cost $50 per MB? Jonathan Aquino 2008

  • I used to play fun games with EXT3 running on a ramdisk.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » End of an era? 2010

  • Run a cache ramdisk on your system if you have large enough RAM which can speed up the system a lot and enables the harddrive to remain spindown for longer periods.

    Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips, And Tricks | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Each defined configuration specifies things such as Linux kernel and initial ramdisk file names which are then also transferred from the host tftp serv

    Annoying and pretentious terms. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Tftplilo is a highly configurable kernel and ramdisk network boot loader for BVM and Motorola m68k VME processor boards.

    Annoying and pretentious terms. Ann Althouse 2008

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