Meaning | A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit. |
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Synonyms | hard disc, hard disk |
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Part of | 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 |
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Narrower | removable disk | A hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive |
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Broader | magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
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Spanish | disco duro, disco rígido |
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Catalan | disc dur |
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