unformatted capacity
- noun
- Specialized
:
capacidad sin formatear
- Most manufacturers list the unformatted capacity, but users get less space after formatting.
Examples
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Understanding the difference between unformatted capacity and formatted capacity is important when buying storage devices.
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The salesperson explained that the hard drive's unformatted capacity is slightly higher than its usable storage.
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The unformatted capacity of this hard drive is 1TB.
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How much is the unformatted capacity of this SSD?
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The salesperson explained that the hard drive's unformatted capacity is slightly higher than its usable storage.
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Understanding the difference between unformatted capacity and formatted capacity is important when buying storage devices.
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Most manufacturers list the unformatted capacity, but users get less space after formatting.
Antonyms
- Specialized
The usable storage space on a disk when you prepare it for use, excluding space used by system information
How Big
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently built from 'unformatted' (not formatted) modifying 'capacity' (maximum storage): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the disk's storage amount before formatting. Although the precise technical nuance (including space taken by formatting/overhead) is domain-specific, the basic compositional meaning follows standard adjective + noun logic and is cross-linguistically straightforward.
Etymology
Unformatted capacity comes from measuring a storage disk before it is 'formatted'. Unformatted means not yet prepared and capacity means total space, and because formatting adds hidden parts for the system, the 'unformatted' number is larger than the space you can actually use.
