calender

n : a machine that smoothes or glazes paper or cloth by pressing

it between plates or passing it through rollers

v : press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or

thin into sheets; as of paper or cloth

cylinder

The set of {tracks} on a multi-headed {disk} that

may be accessed without head movement. That is, the

collection of disk tracks which are the same distance from the

spindle about which the disks rotate. Each such group forms

the shape of a cylinder. Placing data that are likely to be

accessed together in cylinders reduces the access

significantly as head movement ({seeking}) is slow compared to

disk rotation and switching between heads.

(1997-07-15)