HARD DRIVE Definition & Meaning

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hard drive

[ hahrd drahyv ]

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noun

Computers.

HDD ( def ).
(loosely) a drive for a computer, as a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) or another drive serving a similar function, as opposed to a very small, portable flash drive.

hard drive

noun

computing (on a computer) the mechanism that handles the reading, writing, and storage of data on the hard disk

hard drive

A disk drive that reads data stored on hard disks.
Also called hard disk drive

hard drive

The bulk of the memory of a personal computer is magnetically stored on hard disks that constitute the hard drive. Information in the hard drive is durable, in that it remains magnetically stored when the computer is turned off. ( See magnetic memory .)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hard drive¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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Screen captures of travel data found on a hard drive belonging to cell leader Roussev were from airline industry software known as "Amadeus".

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“Joseph Strange helped set up and operate the computer/hard drive system that contains the music created by Mathers,” it read.

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Ms Darian, 46, says she is clearly unconscious in the two photographs of her found on her father's hard drive.

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"Every single piece would be extracted or recycled, and at the end of the process we would have a hard drive in our hands - and we would also have an empty landfill," he said.

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In his confession he said he had received two hard drives from the security guard, Markus F, who was accused of passing the sensitive files for a "five figure sum".

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