LOCKED AND LOADED


Meaning of LOCKED AND LOADED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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).

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.