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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rigid magnetic disk fixed permanently within a drive unit and used for storing computer data.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun computing One of a series of
parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for therecording andretrieval ofdigital information ; used especially inpersonal computers . - noun computing The unit itself, and all the disks within it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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