- An unmarried girl or woman.
- A virgin.
- A woman servant.
- A housemaid or chambermaid.
[Middle English maide, from Old English mægden.]
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[Middle English maide, from Old English mægden.]
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(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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When my mom got sick, she hired a maid to help her with the housework.
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A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today the maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford. In the Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually compromising on periodic cleaners. In less developed nations, very large differences in the income of urban and rural households and between different socio-economic classes, fewer educated women and limited opportunities for working women ensures a labour source for domestic work.
Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children. In many places in some poor countries, maids often take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities. Many maids are required by their employers to wear a uniform.
In hierarchical order, the types of maids in a large household are:
The position of chambermaid is also a job commonly found in hotels. Their job is mainly to clean the rooms of guests.
In several developing countries, working as a maid is still one of the main possibilities a poor young girl may have to earn an income.
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| Translations: Maid |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - tjenestepige, pige, ungmø
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Nederlands (Dutch)
dienstmeisje, jonge vrouw, maagd, oude vrijster
Français (French)
n. - domestique, servante, pucelle (arch)
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Maid, unverheiratete Frau, Dienstmagd
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπηρέτρια, θεραπαινίδα, (απαρχ. ή ποιητ.) κόρη, κοπέλα
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Italiano (Italian)
donzella, cameriera
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - empregada (f), donzela (f)
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Русский (Russian)
девушка, служанка, старая дева
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Español (Spanish)
n. - muchacha, criada, doncella, doméstica, sirvienta
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hembiträde, flicka, ungmö
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
少女, 女仆, 未婚女子
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 少女, 女僕, 未婚女子
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소녀, 처녀, 하녀, 식모, 미혼여성
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - お手伝い, 女中, 少女
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خادمه, عذراء, بكر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נערה, בחורה, עוזרת, משרתת
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