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hard drive

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun hard drive has 1 sense
  1. disk drive, disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive - computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
    --1 is a kind of drive
    --1 has parts: hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk

Definitions from the Web

Hard Drive

Definition

A hard drive is the primary storage device for a computer system. It is a non-volatile, magnetic data storage device that stores and retrieves digital information using rapidly rotating disks called platters.

Senses and Usages

Sense 1 (Noun):

A hard drive is a hardware component used for permanent data storage in a computer system.

Sample Sentence 1:

Make sure to back up your important files on an external hard drive to prevent data loss.

Sample Sentence 2:

His computer crashed because his hard drive failed unexpectedly.

Sense 2 (Verb):

To hard drive means to store or save data on a hard drive.

Sample Sentence 1:

Remember to regularly hard drive your documents to ensure you don't lose any work.

Sample Sentence 2:

The software automatically hard drives all changes made to the project.

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