hard drive

noun

: a data-storage device consisting of a drive and one or more hard disks

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Man who lost bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin — or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013. Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025 Continuing down the menu are icons representing your main hard drive and important folders. PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025 External hard drives offer massive storage for all your digital memories. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025 This form is great for holding computer information, but not so stable; a magnet could easily wipe out a hard drive, for instance. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard drive

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard drive was in 1982

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“Hard drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20drive. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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hard drive

noun
: a device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case

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