hard drive

noun

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

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Redefining Your Apple Space: Storage and Clutter As new MacBooks and Mac desktops come with roomier storage (in faster, more reliable formats), the hard drives or solid-state drives in Macs from just a few years ago will start to feel progressively smaller. Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025 For example, some file-level recovery software can also recover data from the hard drive directly if no files are available, which will normally offer a better recovery rate than using a raw-level recovery tool first and then a file-level recovery tool second. Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 At the British Library, when a laptop arrives, Callum McKean, the library’s lead digital curator, makes a master copy of the hard drive. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025 So all our hard drives, including all the negatives from before the digital days, are all stored in the house. Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 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 16 Jun. 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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