meaning of cluster

1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
4. To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
5. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
6. cluster system> An elementary unit of allocation of a disk made up of one or more physical blocks. A file is made up of a whole number of possibly non-contiguous clusters. The cluster size is a tradeoff between space efficiency the bigger is the cluster, the bigger is on the average the wasted space at the end of each file and the length of the FAT.

Related Words

cluster | cluster 86 | clustered | clustergeeking | clustering | clusteringly | clustery |

Developed & Maintained By Taraprasad.com