Locked And Loaded Adj.,obs.
[from Military Slang For An
M-16 Rifle With Magazine Inserted And Prepared For Firing] Said Of
A Removable Disk Volume Properly Prepared For Use -- That I
[from military slang for an
M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and prepared for firing] Said of
a removable disk volume properly prepared for use -- that is,
locked into the drive and with the heads loaded. Ironically,
because their heads are `loaded' whenever the power is up, this
description is never used of Winchester drives (which are
named after a rifle).