A hung computer system is said to be locked up. See also crash2. Also called outdent. Designed to handle a specific situation only. Depending on values embedded in the program code rather than on values that can be input and changed by the user.
Most hard disks contain from two to eight platters.
Also called hard disk drive. Compare floppy disk. The hard disk type numbers are usually marked on a label attached to the disk and must be input to the computer when the hard disk is installed, often by means of the computer's CMOS setup program. See also CMOS setup. A character input by the user to indicate that the current line of text is to end and a new line is to begin.