May 15, 2003

locked and loaded

adj.,obs.

[from military slang for an M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and prepared for firing] Said of a removable disk volume properly prepared for use — that is, locked into the drive and with the heads loaded. Ironically, because their heads are ‘loaded’ whenever the power is up, this description is never used of Winchester drives (which are named after a rifle).

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:40 AM

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