DISK DRIVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

Synonyms:

disc drive; disk drive; hard drive; Winchester drive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("disk drive" is a kind of...):

drive ((computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium)

Meronyms (parts of "disk drive"):

fixed disk; hard disc; hard disk (a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)