Winchester
a city in S England, administrative centre of Hampshire: a Romano-British town; Saxon capital of Wessex; 11th-century cathedral; site of Winchester College (1382), English public school. Pop.: 41 420 (2001)
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Winchester (Independent City), Virginia
5 N Kent St
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 667-5770
Fax: (540) 545-8711
www.ci.winchester.va.us
In northern VA, in the Shenandoah Valley, 70 mi. northwest of Alexandria. Settled 1738; established in 1752. Incorporated as a town in 1779; as a city in 1874. Serves as county seat for Frederick County. Name Origin: Named by James Wood, one of the town founders, for Winchester, England, his birthplace. Previously called Opequon, Frederick's Town, and Fredericktown
Area (sq mi):: 9.33 (land 9.33; water 0.00) Population per square mile: 2692.30
Population 2005: 25,119 State rank: 64 Population change: 2000-20005 6.50%; 1990-2000 7.50% Population 2000: 23,585 (White 79.40%; Black or African American 10.50%; Hispanic or Latino 6.50%; Asian 1.60%; Other 5.80%). Foreign born: 6.80%. Median age: 35.20
Income 2000: per capita $20,500; median household $34,335; Population below poverty level: 13.20% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $27,238-$28,791
Unemployment (2004): 3.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.20% Median travel time to work: 20.10 minutes Working outside county of residence: 49.10%
Cities with population over 10,000:Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 667-5770
Fax: (540) 545-8711
www.ci.winchester.va.us
In northern VA, in the Shenandoah Valley, 70 mi. northwest of Alexandria. Settled 1738; established in 1752. Incorporated as a town in 1779; as a city in 1874. Serves as county seat for Frederick County. Name Origin: Named by James Wood, one of the town founders, for Winchester, England, his birthplace. Previously called Opequon, Frederick's Town, and Fredericktown
Area (sq mi):: 9.33 (land 9.33; water 0.00) Population per square mile: 2692.30
Population 2005: 25,119 State rank: 64 Population change: 2000-20005 6.50%; 1990-2000 7.50% Population 2000: 23,585 (White 79.40%; Black or African American 10.50%; Hispanic or Latino 6.50%; Asian 1.60%; Other 5.80%). Foreign born: 6.80%. Median age: 35.20
Income 2000: per capita $20,500; median household $34,335; Population below poverty level: 13.20% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $27,238-$28,791
Unemployment (2004): 3.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.20% Median travel time to work: 20.10 minutes Working outside county of residence: 49.10%
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winchester
(hardware)An informal generic term for floating head
magnetic disk drives in which the read-write head planes
over the disk surface on an air cushion.
The name arose because the original 1973 engineering prototype for what later became the IBM 3340 featured two 30-megabyte volumes; 30--30 became "Winchester" when somebody noticed the similarity to the common term for a famous Winchester rifle (in the latter, the first 30 referred to caliber and the second to the grain weight of the charge).
The name arose because the original 1973 engineering prototype for what later became the IBM 3340 featured two 30-megabyte volumes; 30--30 became "Winchester" when somebody noticed the similarity to the common term for a famous Winchester rifle (in the latter, the first 30 referred to caliber and the second to the grain weight of the charge).
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Winchester
The code name for one of AMD's 64-bit CPUs introduced at the end of 2004. See also Winchester disk.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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Winchester
a city in Great Britain, located in Hampshire, in the Itchen River valley. Population, 87,000 (1973). In the Middle Ages, Winchester was known for its large-scale wool industry. Today its population consists mainly of older people. The city retains traces of the regularly laid out Roman streets and medieval city blocks. Architectural landmarks include the city’s cathedral, which is mainly Gothic and dates from the 11th—14th centuries; the Hospital of St. Cross, with its Romanesque-Gothic church, dating from the 12th—13th centuries; and the Winchester College complex in English Gothic Perpendicular style, dating from 1387–95. The city also has some 19th-century neo-Gothic buildings.
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