1.
hard drive; hard disk drive
A storage device inside or attached to a computer that holds the operating system, programs, and files on rotating magnetic disks.
A loanword from English "hard drive". Often shortened to ハード in casual speech.
Common collocations
- 外付けハードドライブ: external hard drive
- ハードドライブの容量: hard drive capacity
- ハードドライブにデータを保存する: to save data to a hard drive
- ハードドライブが壊れる: the hard drive breaks down
Similar words
- ハードディスク: hard disk — nearly synonymous; refers to the disk component itself
- SSD: solid-state drive — newer storage with no moving parts, faster than a hard drive
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