STRIPE

stripe

Noun

  1. A long, straight region of a single colour.
  2. The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
  3. Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
    persons of the same political stripe
  4. A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
  5. A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

Verb

  1. To mark with stripes.
  2. To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.


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