hard drive

noun

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

Examples of hard drive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web E-waste such as cell phones, televisions, computers, printers, hard drives, and other devices also can be unloaded, freeing your garage of myriad clutter. Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 15 Apr. 2024 Headphone and microphone jacks are separate; the reset button is appropriately smaller than the power button; and pinholes illuminate with separate power and hard drive activity LEDs. PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024 The real treasures would have been a hard drive, two computers and Ibrahim’s iPhone, all of which had held photographs of the boys. Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024 Over the years, tax documents, false teeth, family heirlooms, and hard drives have been recovered. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 Servers processed through manual disassembly may still contain sensitive data on hard drives and memory chips if not properly wiped. Sviat Dulianinov, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 But the internet doesn’t fit on a hard drive anymore, and the robots are vastly more powerful. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024 Like many photo programs, the left sidebar has image sources, including hard drives, and ACDSee Mobile Sync, which sucks up photos and videos from your smartphone via the ACDSee Mobile Sync app. PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024 The intelligence has been gleaned from hard drives, cellphones, laptops, maps and other material seized during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, as well as electronic eavesdropping conducted by the U.S., the sources said. Dan De Luce, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024

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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 25 Apr. 2024.

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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