hard drive

A hard drive is the primary computer storage device and is used to store files on the computer. (noun)

An example of a hard drive is the location on a desktop computer where a person could save their research paper.

See hard drive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a computer drive for hard disks, often, specif., such a drive as distinguished from a floppy-disk drive in the same computer

See hard drive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A disk drive that reads data stored on hard disks. Also called hard disk drive.

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