Stripe

Noun

 * 1) A long, straight region of a single colour.
 * 2)  The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

Verb

 * 1)  To mark with stripes.
 * 2)  To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

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