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cabina de discos

English translation: disk or computer cabinet

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Spanish term or phrase:cabina de discos
English translation:disk or computer cabinet
Entered by: Elizabeth Lyons

12:40 Jul 21, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Computers: Hardware
Spanish term or phrase: cabina de discos
In an article on an computer software. Does this mean disk drive?
Jill Renwick
Local time: 23:52
computer housing, tower or case
Explanation:
It sounds like the actual casing that the equipment is housed in, the tower (if that is its configuration) or box typical of PC's.

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Cabina = cabinet.

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Note added at 49 mins (2005-07-21 13:29:44 GMT)
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Examples:

To familiarize yourself with the external disk drive.The figure above shows an external disk cabinet containing three disk drives. To determine the number of disk drives in your external disk cabinet, ...
docs.hp.com/en/B3813-90014/ch03s02.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages


HP 3000 ManualsIdentifying and Installing Your External Disk [REV BEG] ... Click here to view figure. Figure 2-15. External Disk Cabinet SCSI Cable Connection 4. ...
docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BA170796030.11756/10 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages



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The other possibility is that it literally means a stand-alone box or storage unit for CD\'s.
Selected response from:

Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 16:52
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, went for disk cabinet in the end.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1computer housing, tower or case
Elizabeth Lyons


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computer housing, tower or case


Explanation:
It sounds like the actual casing that the equipment is housed in, the tower (if that is its configuration) or box typical of PC's.

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Note added at 46 mins (2005-07-21 13:27:14 GMT)
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Cabina = cabinet.

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Note added at 49 mins (2005-07-21 13:29:44 GMT)
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Examples:

To familiarize yourself with the external disk drive.The figure above shows an external disk cabinet containing three disk drives. To determine the number of disk drives in your external disk cabinet, ...
docs.hp.com/en/B3813-90014/ch03s02.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages


HP 3000 ManualsIdentifying and Installing Your External Disk [REV BEG] ... Click here to view figure. Figure 2-15. External Disk Cabinet SCSI Cable Connection 4. ...
docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BA170796030.11756/10 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 51 mins (2005-07-21 13:32:11 GMT)
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The other possibility is that it literally means a stand-alone box or storage unit for CD\'s.

Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 16:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, went for disk cabinet in the end.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shawn Keeney
7 hrs
  -> Shawn, thank you! : )
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