subdisk

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ disk.

Noun

subdisk (plural subdisks)

1. (mathematics) A subsidiary disk.
   • 2016, Jung Hoon Lee, “Reduction of bridge positions along a bridge disk”, in arXiv‎:

     We show that if a reduction of ${\displaystyle K}$ along ${\displaystyle D}$ yields an ${\displaystyle (n-1)}$-bridge position, then ${\displaystyle K}$ bounds a disk that contains ${\displaystyle D}$ as a subdisk and intersects ${\displaystyle S}$ in ${\displaystyle n}$ arcs..

2. (computing) Any of the disks making up a RAID array.