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When selecting an external hard drive, consider these key factors.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
That order revoked any security clearances held by the officials, who Trump said coordinated with then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign to discredit reports that Hunter Biden abandoned his laptop, with its hard drive containing emails, at a computer repair store.
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Ray Lewis, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025
While some had just enough time to snag valuables and hard drives, others went straight for childhood belongings and hand-me-downs.
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Marianne Eloise, Architectural Digest, 31 Jan. 2025
Hyundai's luxury brand Genesis has a facial recognition feature called Face Connect, which uses an image processor to compare the face to the one stored on the vehicle's hard drive.
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Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20drive. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
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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