HARD DRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard drive mean? 

• HARD DRIVE (noun)
  The noun HARD DRIVE has 1 sense:

1. computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

  Familiarity information: HARD DRIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD DRIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

disc drive; disk drive; hard drive; Winchester drive

Hypernyms ("hard drive" is a kind of...):

drive ((computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium)

Meronyms (parts of "hard drive"):

fixed disk; hard disc; hard disk (a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

 Context examples 

For example, you might buy a hard drive that is too small for your needs, drop your new product on a marble floor, or have a cup of tea spill on the computer.

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