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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>locked and loaded</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="locals--the.html" title="locals, the"/><link rel="next" href="locked-up.html" title="locked up"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">locked and loaded</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="locals--the.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="locked-up.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="locked-and-loaded"/><dt xmlns="" id="locked-and-loaded"><b>locked and loaded</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.,obs.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from military slang for an M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and
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prepared for firing] Said of a removable disk volume properly prepared for
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use — that is, locked into the drive and with the heads loaded.
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Ironically, because their heads are ‘loaded’ whenever the power
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is up, this description is never used of <a href="../W/Winchester.html"><i class="glossterm">Winchester</i></a>
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drives (which are named after a rifle).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="locals--the.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="locked-up.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">locals, the </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> locked up</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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