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Disk drive   /dɪsk draɪv/   Listen
Disk drive

noun
1.
Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it.  Synonyms: disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive.






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... complex program (usually from a card or paper tape reader), to which it handed control; this program in turn was smart enough to read the application or operating system from a magnetic tape drive or disk drive. Thus, in successive steps, the computer 'pulled itself up by its bootstraps' to a useful operating state. Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called ...
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