hard disk
12
3.0
- noun
- /hɑrd dɪsk/
- Specialized
:
disco duro
- Before you upgrade your system, make sure to back up everything on your hard disk.
- hard disk drive
- hard disk storage
- hard disk space
Well, if you do that calculation out, how big of a hard disk can I have to access?
- Well, if you do that calculation out, how big of a hard disk can I have to access?
- And so the idea behind write amplification is you send so much information to a hard disk drive and that data is written directly to the hard disk drive.
- And mind is like the hard disk for this computer like body.
- OK, Back Blaze, you got your hard disk right there.
- So for example the keyboard taps or or the the hard disk latency and things like this on a computer.
Examples
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The data on my computer is stored on a hard disk that holds hundreds of gigabytes.
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It can't be switched on because the hard disk has crashed.
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So this this is a hard disk, an old one of mine that no longer works.
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What happened to the hard disk?
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For me, neither the size of the hard disk nor the memory is an issue.
Blog text (26) -
You think there was something valuable on that hard disk?
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Even in the age of huge hard disk drives, we can run out of space.
Blog text (2) -
When your computer writes to the hard drive, it places information randomly on the hard disk.
Academic text (2006) -
About Seagate: Seagate is a world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions.
Blog text (8) -
Virgin Electronics offers the $249 Virgin Player, a digital audio player with a 5GB hard disk.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
191
2.8
A flat round object that stores computer data using magnets
106
2.8
A device inside a computer that stores files and lets you open them
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3.5
A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data
1
3.7
A flat round object covered with magnetic material that stores data
A metal part inside a computer that stores a lot of data
How Permanent
- Specialized
2
3.9
- Specialized
18
9.1
- Specialized
12
3.0
2
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'hard' (firm, solid) + 'disk' (a magnetic circular storage device): the adjective simply specifies a physical property of the disk, distinguishing it from other types. This adj+noun composition is fully compositional and mirrored in other languages (e.g., Spanish 'disco duro'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun hard disk comes from early computer days when data was kept on round metal plates. The word hard shows the plate was solid (not like the soft 'floppy' disk), and disk means the round plate that holds information, so hard disk became the name for the permanent part of a computer that 'stores data'.