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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This will be the first of my projection articles for 2025, focusing on magnetic recording technology, particularly hard disk drives (HDDs) and magnetic tape. Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 The downside is that this isn't a blinding-fast hard disk. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 Western Digital in July announced plans to cut 79 workers from San Jose operations involved in hard disk drives. IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2018 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 See all Example Sentences for hard disk 

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard disk was in 1973

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“Hard disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20disk. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

hard disk

noun
1
: a small hard metal disk with a magnetic coating on which computer data can be stored
2

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