autoloader

2 definitions found

autoloader - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  autoloader
      n 1: a firearm that reloads itself [syn: autoloader, self- loader
           ]

autoloader - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  stack loader
  autoloader
  
     <hardware, storage> (Or "autoloader") A magnetic tape drive
     that can automatically fetch tapes from a stack and load them.
  
     Compare jukebox.
  
     [Sequential or random access?]
  
     (1996-12-12)