disk drive

noun

: a device for reading and writing data on a magnetic disk

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The first one deletes all files and folders on a disk drive and leaves no means for restoring them. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025 That’s why some organizations are taking steps toward building a DNA drive to store the deluge of data, in place of magnetic tape and disk drives. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2024 The highest profile one: Texas Pacific and Roger McNamee's brand-new Silver Lake Partners teamed up in April to take private Seagate's $6 billion (sales) disk drive operation. Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Those drives were notoriously unreliable, and since the Macintosh didn’t come with any internal storage, a disk drive users could rely on was a critical component. Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disk drive

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disk drive was in 1963

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“Disk drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk%20drive. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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disk drive

noun
: a device for reading and writing computer data on a magnetic disk

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