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hard drive

[hahrd drahyv] / ˈhɑrd ˈdraɪv /
NOUN
computer hardware
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disk drive hardware modem personal computer supercomputer
WEAK
CPU central processing unit computer computer unit data processor floppy disk magnetic disk microcomputer microelectronics device output device tape drive
NOUN
hard disk
Synonyms
WEAK
Winchester drive hard disk drive tape drive
NOUN
magnetic disk
Synonyms
WEAK
diskette floppy disk hard disk magnetic drum magnetic tape magnetic tape unit magneto-optic disk optical disk primary storage

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Daniel landed in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and a hard drive containing $350,000 in bitcoin.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Under Locations, select your hard drive, then tap Save.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

And unlike most leading U.S. models, R1 is open-weight, meaning that its parameters are publicly available for anyone to download on their hard drive.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

AI is “fundamentally reshaping hard drive demand by elevating the economic value of data and data storage,” Seagate CEO Dave Mosley told Barron’s.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

The Bifrost track was another stand-alone simulation, one of several hundred track designs stored on my console’s hard drive.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline