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Worm drive
Meaning
Noun
●
A
worm and wheel
, a
gear
arrangement
consisting of
a
screw
(the
worm
) whose
thread
meshes
with a
gear wheel
to
turn
the
direction
of
drive
through a
right angle
,
typically
with a large (1:10 to 1:60)
speed
reduction
and
similar
torque
increase.
●
In Computer hardware:
A
write once
,
read
many
drive
;
data
storage
technology that allows information to be
written
to a
disc
a
single
time and
prevents
the
drive
from
erasing
the
data
.
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