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 Led by Tom Brennan (J.K. Simmons), The Union is a group of working-class agents desperately trying to recover a hard drive that identifies every single law enforcer in the Western Hemisphere—from police officers and military personnel to FBI and CIA agents. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 In preparation for the meeting, Xu asked the engineer to bring his work computer and a separate hard drive with the files with him on the trip. Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2024 The vulnerabilities Burch found are all in VSS's functionality to turn on disk encryption for ATM hard drives. Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 Call of Duty games have famously giant file sizes, but ahead of the October 25th launch of Black Ops 6, Activision is going to make some changes so that Call of Duty titles don’t take up as much space on your hard drive — including separating Warzone from the default download for the annual games. Jay Peters, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard drive 

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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 11 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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