hard disk
noun
: a rigid metal disk coated with a magnetic material on which data for a computer can be stored
also
: hard drive
Examples of hard disk in a Sentence
Remember to save the file to your hard disk.
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The truth is that James’ fortune may well be spirited away by remote quantum attackers long before the diggers uncover the missing black refuse bag containing the missing hard disk.
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David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Seagate announced shipments of Exos M hard disk drives, HDD, samples to customers with up to 36TB storage capacity.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Types of external hard drives There are two main types of external hard drives: HDD (hard disk drive) and SSD (solid state drive).
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
Active data lives on SSDs with colder data kept on hard disk drives, HDDs, and magnetic tape.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Seagate announced shipments of Exos M hard disk drives, HDD, samples to customers with up to 36TB storage capacity.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Types of external hard drives There are two main types of external hard drives: HDD (hard disk drive) and SSD (solid state drive).
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
Active data lives on SSDs with colder data kept on hard disk drives, HDDs, and magnetic tape.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hard disk
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“Hard disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20disk. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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