hard drive

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hard drive

noun hard drives

  1. An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

    Similar: hard disc, hard disk, hard disc drive, hard disk drive, HD, HDD

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noun device used for storing large amounts of data

Españoldisco duro
한국어하드 디스크 hadeu diseukeu
日本語ハードディスク hādodisuku
中文硬碟 yìngdié, 硬盤 /硬盘 yìngpán
Kiswahilikiendeshi diski kuu
Portuguêsdisco rígido, disco duro
Françaisdisque dur
DeutschFestplatte
Italianodisco rigido
Ελληνικάσκληρός δίσκος sklirós dískos
Românăhard disk, disc dur
Русскийжёсткий диск žóstkij disk, винче́стер vinčéster, ха́рддиск xárddisk
Tiếng Việtổ đĩa cứng
العربيةقُرْص صُلْب qurṣ ṣulb
עבריתכונן קשיח

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@misc{hard_drive_2026,
  title = {hard drive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard%20drive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}