Washing machine

<storage> An old-style 14-inch hard disk in a floor-standing cabinet.

So called because of the size of the cabinet and the "top-loading" access to the media packs - and, of course, they were always set on "spin cycle".

The thick channel cables connecting these were called "bit hoses".

The washing-machine idiom transcends language barriers; it is even used in Russian hacker jargon.

See also walking drives.

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