In dictionaries:
hard disk drive
Data storage device using disks.
hard disk drives
Data storage using magnetic disks.
removable hard disk
External storage device, easily detachable.
History of hard disk drives
In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost.
Hard Disk Sentinel
(HDSentinel) a computer hard disk drive-monitoring software for Windows, Linux and DOS operating systems.
Hard disk drive failure
A hard disk drive failure occurs when a hard disk drive malfunctions and the stored information cannot be accessed with a properly configured computer.
Hard disk drive interface
Hard disk drives are accessed over one of a number of bus types, including parallel ATA (PATA, also called IDE or EIDE; described before the introduction of SATA as ATA), Serial ATA, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI, and Fibre Channel.
Hard disk drive performance characteristics
Higher performance in hard disk drives comes from devices which have better performance characteristics.
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