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

The company also makes NAND flash, or hard drives, and is the market leader, with 19% share in the first quarter, according to IDC. — Kif Leswing,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 9 July 2026

In a post on Thursday, NightmareEclipse said the defense-in-depth additions produce behavior that may allow attackers to exhaust all available space on a hard drive by writing massive amounts of data to it. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

On April 2, 2025, probation officers made another home visit to Gibson’s residence and seized an external hard drive. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Pulling the data off a hard drive or USB drive without altering files or metadata like timestamps also takes skill, Ries says. — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hard drive

• alive
• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• khedive
• revive
• survive
• dive

Kids Definition

hard drive

noun

: a device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case