hard drive

noun

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

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The first stop on the way to a more stable, publicly accessible format: hard drives. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2025 Police are investigating after suitcases containing hard drives with unreleased Beyoncé music were stolen from her team’s rental car ahead of her tour stop in Atlanta. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025 Prior to a string of shows for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour in Atlanta, Georgia, hard drives containing the singer’s unreleased music, footage plans for her show, and past and future set lists were reported stolen to Atlanta police. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025 The creation of a new magnetic molecule could pave the way to build new, stamp-sized hard drives capable of holding the equivalent of 500,000 TikTok videos. Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard drive

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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 4 Aug. 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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