Meanings
- nonstandardparticiplepastproscribedcomputingsimple past and past participle of seek
Recorded video can be seeked forward to any spot, whether it has loaded or not.
2002, Flash Communication Server MX, page 864 more examples
An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an* cubby-hole, an' press, / An' seeked him up the chimbly flue, an' ever'wheres, I guess; / But all they ever found was thist his pants an' roundabout!
1885, James Whitcomb Riley, Little Orphant AnnieFrequently, once a disk has seeked to the track it needs, it can start spitting out data faster than the computer can receive it.
1991, Norton Utilities, page 1-14Press the Fast Forward button after the PLAY button activated, the beginning of the program next to the present program being played will be seeked forward automatically. In reverse, press the REW button, then the beginning of the present program being played will be seeked backward automatically.
1992, Rotel RD-955AX user manual, page 3With the discovery of the Singularity Humans seeked the perfection of the circle and the Singularity. The perfection of these measurements were biological as well as mathematical. Humans seeked biological perfection but the ultimate goal […]
2014, Christian Bullock, I Quan-Tum, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 92
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