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seek

(1) To move the access arm to the requested track on a disk.

(2) An assembly language instruction that activates a seek operation on disk.

(3) A high-level programming language command used to select a record by key field.

1.(storage)seek - To move the head of a disk drive radially, i.e., to move from one track to another.
2.(storage)seek - To wind the tape to a given location.
3.(programming)seek - To move the pointer that marks the next byte to be read from or written to a file.
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"Heed," said the mother rose, "daughter mine, Why shouldst thou seek for beauty not thine?
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" 'You may seek it with thimbles--and seek it with care; You may hunt it with forks and hope; You may threaten its life with a railway-share; You may charm it with smiles and soap--' "
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It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty: or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
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