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hard disk

[hahrd disk] / ˈhɑrd ˈdɪsk /
NOUN
permanent computer memory
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Rare earths are a term covering 17 metallic elements that are key for manufacturing components used in products such as smartphones, batteries, and hard disk drives, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The company has benefited from a spike in demand for hard disk drives, or HDDs, driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Western Digital is one of the largest players in enterprise hard disk drives and is gaining pricing power amid this backdrop, Travis Prentice, chief investment officer of the Informed Momentum Company, recently told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

Five years from now, all TV will be watched from a hard disk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

She reads my mind—which is something she's too good at—and says, "Remember, Bobby, if you send any e-mail, erase your tracks from the hard disk when you're done."

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements