disk drive

noun

: a device for reading and writing data on a magnetic disk

Examples of disk drive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Even Clayton Christensen’s key example of disruptive innovation—the rise of smaller disk drive producers in the hard disk industry—is wrong: Seagate not only survived disruption but remains the world’s largest manufacturer to this day. Christian Catalini, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Apple eventually opted to use a new 3.5-inch disk drive design from Sony, and Steve Jobs reportedly ordered all of the Macintosh Twiggy prototypes to be destroyed — but not all of them were. Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2024 The machine also had cassette tape drives for storage, predecessors of disk drives. IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024 My brother almost immediately found its flat membrane keyboard frustrating and the Atari 410 cassette drive too slow, so my dad ordered an Atari 800 and an Atari 810 disk drive instead. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disk drive 

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disk drive was in 1963

Dictionary Entries Near disk drive

Cite this Entry

“Disk drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk%20drive. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

disk drive

noun
: a device for reading and writing computer data on a magnetic disk

More from Merriam-Webster on disk drive

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!