hard drive

noun

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

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Use cloud backups, an external hard drive or both. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025 Experts say that footage could have been damaged when the hard drive failed. Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025 Researchers at the University of Buffalo could add a ‘superconducting’ twist to magnetic hard drives and random access memories (RAMs) after succeeding in building a Josephson junction using only one superconductor instead of two. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025 Three minutes later, Brown was assessed a flagrant offensive foul on a hard drive to the basket, but Advija missed both free throws, and Portland came up empty on the ensuing bonus possession. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 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 8 Jan. 2026.

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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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