scratch disk

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A hard disk used to store data temporarily and which can be reused. See scratch tape and scratchpad.

1.	(storage)	scratch disk - See scratch.
2.	(operating system)	scratch disk - Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".

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