hard drive

noun

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

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Consider using a data erasure tool or disk-wiping software to securely erase the entire hard drive. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025 Users can connect a mouse, keyboard, flash drives, external hard drives and more. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 His letterman’s jacket from Pali High, hard drives with videos of past volleyball matches, and family photo albums that had yet to be digitized, all destroyed with the rest of his family’s possessions. Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 9 May 2025 Arcangel brought the hard drive to the attention of Dragan Espenschied, the preservation director at Rhizome, a New York institution that archives the history of art created in digital environments. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 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 22 May. 2025.

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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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