Used in a Sentence

shingled

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shingled.

Editorial note

In fact the opposite is happening -- interesting spinning rust technology like Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives are getting more complex translation layers.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shingled gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

verb

(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.

verb

(transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shingled.

verb

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

verb

(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.

verb

(transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.

verb

(transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

Example sentences

1

In fact the opposite is happening -- interesting spinning rust technology like Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives are getting more complex translation layers.

2

Nobody wants to make sure the roof is shingled and doesn't leak but everybody leaves money for new stained glass windows or the organ that nobody knows how to play.

3

Geometry calculations for perpendicular and shingled media is less complicated than a flash translation layer?

4

For Sata HDD shingled writes and SSD sector replacement it can't be cleaned that way.

5

Do these drives have any unusual performance characteristics, like shingled magnetic recording (SMR) has?

6

Western Digital would like to have a word about shingled magnetic recording drives.

7

Storage is becoming a more fascinating topic with so many technologies (SSDs, shingled disk, non-volatile memory) and so new open source solutions (Ceph, Luster).

8

For bonus points, plot SLC, DLC, QLC flash drives separately, and normal / shingled HDDs separately.

9

I wonder if anyone has real world experience of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives?

10

A steel roof as opposed to a shingled one.

11

But in more-typical (stick-framed, asphalt shingled, vinyl-sided, US-ish) houses?

12

I'm looking at getting a few panels installed as well, as my roof needs re-shingled and the bundled price seems like a good deal.

Quote examples

1

We spent a bit of time talking about about these "shingled drives" at the LSF/MM summit earlier in the week in Boston.

2

Those new "shingled" Hard Drives are 8TB and pretty cheap.

3

You copy your “premium” SSD to something like a shingled spinning rust (SMR) that behaves almost like tape for writes but like a disk for reads.

4

Aluminium would last pretty much forever, and it doesn't have to be one piece - you can make it into shingles for easy installation." When I re-shingled my roof a couple of years back I looked into metal roofing.

Proper noun examples

1

Shingled writes require a special asymmetrical write head, you can't do it with current drives.

2

Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) is fine for things like a security camera, where you're just going to be writing long files and probably just overwrite eventually.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shingled in a sentence?

In fact the opposite is happening -- interesting spinning rust technology like Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives are getting more complex translation layers.

What does shingled mean?

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

What part of speech is shingled?

shingled is commonly used as verb.