Look up: seek

1. seek
   [n] - (computer science) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk 2. [v] - try to get or reach 3. [v] - go to or towards 4. [v] - inquire for
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2. seek
   In a disk drive, the process of finding a specific location, by moving the actuator arm over the desired track and waiting until the correct sector comes under the heads.
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3. Seek
   Seek adjective Sick. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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4. Seek
   Seek transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sought ; present participle & verbal noun Seeking .] [ Middle English seken , Anglo-Saxon sēcan , sēcean<...
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5. Seek
   Seek intransitive verb To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. « Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read.» Isa. xxxiv. 16. To seek , needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. 'Unpr...
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6. seek
   noun the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
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7. Seek
   • (v. t.) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one`s life. • (v. t.) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. • (v. t.) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. • (a.) Sick. • (v. t.) To go in search...
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8. seek
   1. (storage) To move the head of a disk drive radially, i.e., to move from one track to another. 2. (storage) To wind the tape to a given location. 3. (programming) To move the pointer that marks the next byte to be read from or written to a file. (1997-07-15)
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