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What does hard drive mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hard drive? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (computing) A device used for storing large amounts of data for a computer that persist while the computer is turned off.
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If you're getting a high-pitched whine rather than a hum your hard drive may be the culprit.
Now you can zap all of your huge CD collection on to one small portable hard drive and carry it around with you.
Flash memory works as a buffer because most data is read from the hard drive.
A removable battery cover may jolt a hard drive unacceptably when jogging, albeit imperceptibly to the user.
Therefore, when Windows accesses this file the next time, it must look in multiple locations on your hard drive to retrieve the individual file.
The investigators, who had a military warrant, copied the hard drive of one lawyer's computer, Rehkopf said.

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