striping

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

striping
    n 1: the act of marking with stripes

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stripe \Stripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Striping}.]
   1. To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different
      colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To strike; to lash. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

data striping
disk striping
stripe
stripe set
striping

   <storage> Segmentation of logically {sequential} data, such as
   a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple
   physical devices (usually {disk drives}) in a {round-robin}
   fashion.  This technique is useful if the processor is capable
   of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can
   supply or accept it.  While data is being transferred from the
   first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment.

   Data striping is used in some modern {databases}, such as
   {Sybase}, and in certain {RAID} devices under hardware
   control, such as {IBM}'s {RAMAC} array subsystem (9304/9395).

   Data striping is different from, and may be used in
   conjunction with, {mirroring}.

   (1996-10-17)