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

Investigators later found it in a hard drive at Tal’s apartment, and said that Rosen didn’t know what had happened to her until investigators found the video and identified her. — Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

And then, one day, several police cars descend on the house with a warrant to confiscate Philip’s computer and hard drives. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Files from a hard drive in a safe were transferred to an external hard drive in October 2019 and January 2020, around the time when Strange was working at the studio. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Using flash memory for storage, the iPod nano was free from the worry of skipping and dead hard drives. — Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 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