maid

n.

1. 1. An unmarried girl or woman.
   2. A virgin.
2. A woman servant.
3. A housemaid or chambermaid.

[Middle English maide, from Old English mægden.]

(Massive Array of Idle Disks) Active archiving that uses disk drives instead of tape. Most of the drives in a MAID array are idle most of the time, but can be revved up and read faster than searching sequentially through magnetic tape. MAID libraries typically do not use RAID technology because each read and write in most RAID configurations uses several drives. The concept behind MAID is to have an enormous amount of data quickly available at the least cost, and spinning disks require power and generate heat, which requires cooling.

Some Active, Some Passive

A MAID system may be built with a small ratio of spinning disks that serve as a cache for the non-spinning, passive disks. If a request is not found in the cache, the appropriate passive disks are powered up. See active archiving, WORO and RAID.

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n

Definition: woman servant
Antonyms: butler

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IN BRIEF: A female domestic servant.

When my mom got sick, she hired a maid to help her with the housework.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tjenestepige, pige, ungmø

idioms:

• maid of honor    (første) brudepige

Nederlands (Dutch)
dienstmeisje, jonge vrouw, maagd, oude vrijster

Français (French)
n. - domestique, servante, pucelle (arch)

idioms:

• maid of honour    demoiselle d'honneur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Maid, unverheiratete Frau, Dienstmagd

idioms:

• maid of honour    Hof od. Ehrendame, (Am) Brautjungfer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπηρέτρια, θεραπαινίδα, (απαρχ. ή ποιητ.) κόρη, κοπέλα

idioms:

• maid of honor    Δεσποινίς επί των Τιμών, παράνυμφος, είδος τάρτας με κρέμα

Italiano (Italian)
donzella, cameriera

idioms:

• maid of honor    damigella d'onore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - empregada (f), donzela (f)

idioms:

• maid of honor    variedade de bolo de queijo (m), dama de honra (f), madrinha (f)

Русский (Russian)
девушка, служанка, старая дева

idioms:

• maid of honor    фрейлина

Español (Spanish)
n. - muchacha, criada, doncella, doméstica, sirvienta

idioms:

• maid of honour    dama de honor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hembiträde, flicka, ungmö

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
少女, 女仆, 未婚女子

idioms:

• maid of honor    宫女, 女傧相

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 少女, 女僕, 未婚女子

idioms:

• maid of honor    宮女, 女儐相

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소녀, 처녀, 하녀, 식모, 미혼여성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - お手伝い, 女中, 少女

idioms:

• maid of honor    女官, 侍女, 花嫁の付き添い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خادمه, عذراء, بكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נערה, בחורה, עוזרת, משרתת‬

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Litter Maid	french maid costume
maid uniforms	Old Maid Card Game Picture