Lexic.us

Definition of Hard disk

1. Noun. A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit.

Definition of Hard disk

1. Noun. (computing) One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) The unit itself, and all the disks within it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Hard disk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"As a result, digital data storage media, such as hard disk drives and ... hard disk drives hard disk drives (HDDs) use magnetic fields to read and write ..."

2. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The companies first 8- inch hard disk drive was produced in early 1981 and a ... The company is now the second largest manufacturer of hard disk drives. ..."

3. Deconstructing the Computer: Report of a Symposium by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, Charles W. Wessner (2005)
"First, however, Mr. Whitmore introduced his company and provided a brief overview of the business of hard disk drives, which he described as “kind of the ..."

4. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"Mace 5 hard disk data recovery, recovers garbled FATs. ... Optune Offers hard disk optimization and tuning. Defragments files. Can optimize DOS structure. ..."

5. Computer Virus Survival Guide by David Stang (1991)
"Unfortunately, SYS does not touch the Master Boot Record of a hard disk. Only FDISK does this. So if you have a virus that hides in the Master Boot Record, ..."

6. Defend Your Data!: Guide to Data Recovery by David J. Stang (1991)
"But I've discovered that if I backup to a hard disk, I can do it with just a ... Because it is so fast, I often do a full backup to hard disk twice a day. ..."

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