WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
disk′ drive′, [Computers.]
  1. Computinga device that, using an access mechanism under program control, enables data to be read from or written on a spinning magnetic disk, magnetic disk pack, floppy disk, or optical disk.
  • 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
disk drive
  1. the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on computer disks
    See also disk2
'disk drive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
HDD - PC card - bay - configure - disk pack - hard disk - hard drive - load

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