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Definition of Disk drive
1. Noun. Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it.
Generic synonyms: Drive
Terms within: Fixed Disk, Hard Disc, Hard Disk
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Definition of Disk drive
1. Noun. (computing) a computer drive that reads a computer storage medium the shape of a disc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disk Drive
Literary usage of Disk drive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"Wozniak started evaluating the floppy disk drive controller technology of IBM
... The company introduced an early version of the disk drive at the Las Vegas ..."
2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"I put that feature in there specifically after my sister got burned buying a disk
drive through mail order. It looked used; it had a few thousand hours on ..."
3. Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes by Jack E. Triplett (2006)
"The PC HD corresponds exactly to the old mainframe disk drive, which was used
for the ... As with the IBM disk drive hedonic function from mainframe days, ..."
4. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2002by OECD Staff by OECD Staff (2002)
"1n the disk drive industry. lBM sells disk drives to rivals such as EMC 1ts
Technology Division even sells disk drive heads and media to rival disk drive ..."
5. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Stefano Marzano by Stefano Marzano (2003)
"Although the read/write head on the hard disk drive never actually touches ...
Activities are currently focused on the combination of a hard disk drive with ..."
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