Interleave

  1. When referring to a computer hard disk drive, interleaving is a method of making the read of data more efficient. Interleaving is a method of organizing the sectors on a computer hard disk drive, allowing data to be arranged so the read/write head can access information easier, making data read off the hard disk drive faster.

    Interleaving techniques:
    One-to-one = Sectors are placed on a track
    Two-to-one = Sectors are spread out by other sectors.

  2. When referring to computer memory, interleaved memory is system memory divided into two or more sections. This allows for memory to be accessed faster because each section of memory is capable of being utilized at once.
  3. See the AVI definition for further information about Audio Video Interleave.

Also see: AVI, Hard disk drive definitions, Memory definitions