disk drive

Definition von disk drive im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: a computer drive that reads a computer storage medium the shape of a disc; disk drive disk drives in BRIT, also use disc drive The disk drive on a computer is the part that contains the disk or into which a disk can be inserted. The disk drive allows you to read information from the disk and store information on the disk. A device that reads data stored on a magnetic or optical disk and writes data onto the disk for storage. a piece of equipment in a computer system that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it; computer hardware that reads and writes to and from a disk or diskette; computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
disk drive controller: hardware whose function is to manage the physical operation of disks
disc drive: Alternative spelling of disk drive
disk drives: plural form of disk drive
floppy disk drive: A floppy drive; a disk drive for floppy disks
hard disk drive: pedantic form of hard drive or hard disk ; a fixed disc drive containing rigid discs
Enhanced Disk Drive: (in Computers) EDD, virtual disk created by partitioning one disk into smaller separate disks
Hard Disk Drive: main drive on a computer that reads and writes information by magnetic means, HDD
erasable optical disk drive: optical disk drive which can delete, optical disk drive which can erase
floppy disk drive: computer hardware that reads and writes to and from a floppy disk (removable external memory device)