spin up

Definitions

1. 1

   To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.

   • Plated hard disk surfaces are actually harder and more scratch resistant than read-write heads are. The hard magnetic medium effectively protects itself from head crashes caused by contaminants and the drive's spinning up or down.
   • The hard drive spun up. The gray screen flickered. The smiley Mac face appeared and soon I was ready to dazzle the world with The Journals Book II.
2. 2

   To power up, launch, or instantiate.

   • Near-synonyms: spool up; gin up
   • We spun up a virtual server in the cloud to handle the additional load.
3. 3

   To be brought into full operation

   To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity; to spool up.

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   1. 4

      To fabricate.

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• antonymspin down