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Unmount

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001557

To make a storage device's file system inaccessible to the operating system. This action detaches a volume or disk from its mount point in the file system directory tree. Performing this operation flushes any pending data from the cache to the disk, preventing data corruption before the device is physically disconnected.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001557
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectSoftware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001557",
  "term": "Unmount",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "To make a storage device's file system inaccessible to the operating system. This action detaches a volume or disk from its mount point in the file system directory tree. Performing this operation flushes any pending data from the cache to the disk, preventing data corruption before the device is physically disconnected.",
  "subject": "Software",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/unmount/"
}

Record 1,406 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.