hard

Yabancı pirinç sert ve tatsızdır ve de Japon damak tadına hitap etmez. - Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.

sıkı

Sıkı çalışsa, sınavı geçebilir. - If he studied hard, he could pass the exam.

Yapabildiğiniz kadar sıkı çalışın. - Study as hard as you can.

güç

Tom Mary'yi görmek için güçlükle bekleyebiliyordu. - Tom could hardly wait to see Mary.

Tom acıya güçlükle katlanabiliyordu. - Tom could hardly stand the pain.

ağır

Onun köpeği ağır duyar. - His dog is hard of hearing.

Büyükannem biraz ağır işitir. Yani hafifçe sağırdır. - My grandmother is hard of hearing. In other words she is slightly deaf.

büyük

O, büyük ailesini geçindirmek için sıkı çalışıyor. - He works hard to support his large family.

O, büyük bir aileyi geçindirmek için çok çalıştı. - He worked hard to support a large family.

{s} şiddetli

Şiddetli yağmur yağmaya başladı. - It began raining hard.

Dün şiddetli kar yağdı. - It snowed hard yesterday.

zorla

Hayat bu günlerde zorlaşıyor. - Life is getting hard these days.

Tom partide ne giyeceğine karar vermede zorlanıyor. - Tom is having a hard time deciding what to wear to the party.

yakın

Neredeyse hiç kimse bu hayvanı yakından görmedi. - Hardly anyone has seen this animal up close.

Tom'un neredeyse hiç yakın arkadaşı yok. - Tom has hardly any close friends.

eksi

O, deneyim eksikliğini telafi etmek için çok çalıştı. - He worked hard to make up for his lack of experience.

şiddetle, kuvvetle: The wind's blowing hard

acı gram

{s} sağlam

Tom'a karşı sağlam delilimiz yok. - We have no hard evidence against Tom.

Onlar birbirlerine karşı üstünlük sağlamak için çok uğraştılar. - They tried very hard to gain an advantage over one another.

{s} acı, ağır, sert (söz)

{s} katı, sert, pek

{s} nasırlı

{s} dayanıklı

yanında

Hırdavatçı dükkanı parkın yanındadır. - The hardware store is near the park.

kalın sesli cimri

adv.sıkı: adj.zor,sert

çok, büyük bir gayretle: They worked hard. Çok çalıştılar. Try hard! Çok gayret et!

{s} ekşimiş

aşırı

Onu gördüğümde çok aşırı güldüm. - I laughed very hard when I saw that.

Bu onun için aşırı derecede zordur. - This is extremely hard for him.

(Askeri) PLAJ RAMPASI: Araç ve malzemeyi doğrudan doğruya çıkarma araçlarına yüklemek veya bunlardan boşaltmak maksadıyla, bir kıyıda suya doğru uzatılarak sertleştirilen kısım

sert penis

Onun sert penisine dokundum. - I touched his hard penis.

{s} ekşi

erkek

Erkek kardeşim benim kadar çok çalışır. - My brother studies as hard as I do.

Tüm erkekler çalışkandır. - All the men are hardworking.

çok soğuk (mevsim/hava)

Daha sıkı çalışmanı kuvvetle öneririm. - I strongly suggest that you study harder.

Elit askerler en özel kuvvetlerden daha fazla eğitilir. - Elite soldiers are trained even harder than most special forces.

Lucy eve gitmek için ağlamaya başladığında, ancak varmıştık. - We had hardly arrived when Lucy started crying to go home.

Ancak, onun kız arkadaşı bencil ve neredeyse Brian hakkında hiç endişelenmez. - However, his girlfriend is selfish and hardly worries about Brian.

hardly

zorla

Tom o kadar nefessiz kaldı ki zorla nefes alabiliyordu. - Tom was so out of breath that he could hardly speak.

Söylediği şeyi zorla anlayabildim. - I could hardly make out what she said.

hardness

{i} katılık

hardness

(Mühendislik) sertlik

(Antika) Çıktı

(Konuşma Dili) hazır para

(Bilgisayar) sabit sürücü

Tom sabit sürücüsünü birleştirdi. - Tom defragmented his hard drive.

(Otomotiv) açılır tavan

hard up

(Konuşma Dili) züğürt

O kadar züğürt müsün? - Are you that hard up?

hard up

(Konuşma Dili) cebi delik

hard up

(Konuşma Dili) beş parasız

hard up

(Konuşma Dili) eli darda

Tom'un para için eli darda. - Tom is hard up for money.

Onun para için eli darda. - He is hard up for money.

hard and fast

çok sıkı

hard and fast rule

Yüzünde sert bir bakışı vardı. - He had a hard look on his face.

Tom'un para için eli darda. - Tom is hard up for money.

Onun para için eli darda. - He is hard up for money.

hard up

eli dar

Tom'un para için eli darda. - Tom is hard up for money.

Onun para için eli darda. - He is hard up for money.

hard up

muhtaç

Tom yiyeceğe muhtaç gibi gözüküyor. - Tom seems to be hard up for food.

Tom Mary'nin sıkı çalışmasını takdir etti. - Tom appreciated Mary's hard work.

Sıkı çalışma başarının önemli bir faktörüdür. - Hard work is an essential element of success.

Tom yumurtalarını çok pişmiş sever. - Tom likes his eggs hard-boiled.

hard-boiled

katı

O, yumurtalarını katı haşlanmış seviyor. - She likes her eggs hard-boiled.

Ben yumurtayı katı kaynattım. - I hard-boiled an egg.

Çinliler çok çalışkan bir halktır. - The Chinese are a hard-working people.

Mary çok çalışkan bir kadın. - Mary is a very hard-working woman.

zorla satış, alıcıyı zorlayarak satış

hard to starboard

(Denizcilik) Sancak alabanda

hard-headed

Kararlı ve gerçekçi

hard-to-fathom

Anlaşılması güç, kavranması güç

hard-working

Çalışkan

Çinliler çok çalışkan bir halktır. - The Chinese are a hard-working people.

Bush çalışkan bir ekip kurdu. - Bush put together a hard-working team.

hardly

zorlukla

Seni zorlukla tanıdım. - I hardly recognized you.

Buna zorlukla inanabiliyorum. - I can hardly believe this.

hardly

güç belâ

Tom bütün gün güç bela bir söz söyledi. - Tom hardly said a word all day.

Güç bela okula varmıştım ki zil çaldı. - I had hardly reached the school when the bell rang.

hardly

hemen hemen hiç

Hemen hemen hiç yağmur yağmıyor. - It's hardly raining at all.

Ben onu hemen hemen hiç anlayamadım. - I could hardly understand him.

hard work

ağır iş

Ağır iş için teşekkürler. - Thanks for the hard work.

harder

{f} daha sert

Gökyüzü gittikçe karardı ve rüzgar gittikçe daha sert esti. - The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder.

Demir altından daha serttir. - Iron is harder than gold.

hardly

neredeyse hiç

Tom neredeyse hiç TV izlemez. - Tom hardly ever watches TV.

Yanımda neredeyse hiç param yok. - I have hardly any money with me.

hardness

sağlamlık

hard copy

(Bilgisayar) sabit kopya

hard disk

(Bilgisayar) disk

Kazayla hard diskimi sildim. - I erased my hard disk by accident.

Tom bilgisayarda bulunan dahili hard diskteki tüm dosyaları harici bir hard diske kopyaladı. - Tom copied all the files on his internal hard disk to an external hard disk.

hard drive

(Bilgisayar) sabit disk

hard drive

(Bilgisayar) hard disk

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von hard im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal; With difficulty
His degree was hard earned.; Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft); Compactly
The lake had finally frozen hard.; Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.; A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water; Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise; With much force or effort
Think hard on your choices.; Demanding a lot of effort to endure
a hard life.; Near, close; Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
a hard problem.; Of drink, strong; Unquestionable
hard evidence.; Resistant to pressure; Sexually aroused; Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds; {a} close, nearly, diligently, fast, costive; {a} firm, solid, difficult, unkind, niggardly; metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"; To harden; to make hard; If you are hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly. Don't be so hard on him. soft Hard is also an adverb. He said the security forces would continue to crack down hard on the protestors; to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"; A problem is hard for a class if everything in the class can be reduced to it (under some notion of reduction) If a problem is in a class and hard for the class, then it's complete for the class Beware; hard and complete are not synonyms!; If someone is hard put to do something or, in British English if they are hard pushed to do something, they have great difficulty doing it. Mr Morton is undoubtedly cleverer than Mr Kirkby, but he will be hard put to match his popularity; With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly; earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"; pungent tea, desired in some Assam teas; If you strike or take hold of something hard, you strike or take hold of it with a lot of force. I kicked a dustbin very hard and broke my toe. Hard is also an adjective. He gave her a hard push which toppled her backwards into an armchair; Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly; unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"; of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"; A beer with some astringency and perhaps excess bitterness, not toned or softened by body or aromatic notes; Tending toward steeliness, but not quite shrill Often the result of a moderate frequency response hump centered around 6kHz, sometimes also caused by small amounts of distortion; something which cannot be squashed easily; dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"; not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock"; A secondary coffee taste sensation characterized by a predominantly stinging, sour sensation on the posterior sides of the tongue Caused by higher-than-normal percentage of sour acids and an insufficient percentage of either sugars or salts Coffee that strikes the palette by mixed sensation Bitterness and astringency are not are not enveloped by roundness of body A hard coffee is poorly balanced Indicates the quality of the coffee ranking as a matter of degree from strictly soft, soft, softish, softish/hardish, hardish, hard, Rioy; If you have a hard life or a hard period of time, your life or that period is difficult and unpleasant for you. It had been a hard life for her Those were hard times. = tough + hardness hard·ness In America, people don't normally admit to the hardness of life; A geometric element (such as a boundary or a bottom face) that the tool cannot pass beyond; Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone; Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple; Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider; Hard work involves a lot of activity and effort. Coping with three babies is very hard work Their work is hard and unglamorous, and most people would find it boring; Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade; firm, not yeilding to pressure HOLE small are large openings within objects HOT having great heat or high tempature; A ford or passage across a river or swamp; Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc; causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"; When dry, moderately resistant to pressure; can be broken with difficulty between thumb and forefinger; very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"; indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"; An image with high contrast and harsh tones; With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard; Young, harsh, and overly tannic wines that need aging to improve and mellow; So as to raise difficulties; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"; into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"; Hard drugs are very strong illegal drugs such as heroin or cocaine. soft; of speech sounds; with firmness; "held hard to the railing"; Difficult to resist or control; powerful; of speech sounds having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"; very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"; To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it. California's been particularly hard hit by the recession; having undergone fermentation; "hard cider"; If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort. The talks had been hard going at the start; strenuously, with great effort; to the full extent; intently; to the extreme limit; A wine that has not aged enough to achieve a proper balance; Stiff, with pronounced tannins; undeveloped; With much strength or energy
hard as nails: Very hard; tough
hard c: The "c" sound in "cat" and "cabin" as distinct from the soft c in "cent", "center" and "circuit"
hard case: A tough person
Because he is in the police force, Andy is a hard case.
hard case: An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment
hard cheese: Expressed to someone suffering misfortune
hard cider: an alcoholic beverage formed by fermenting cider (apple juice). Unless specified as hard cider, in the US cider is assumed to refer to non-alcoholic sweet cider
hard code: To build absolute and unchangeable strings into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code and recompiling
hard code: To insert an unchangeable program into a device; to hard wire
hard copy: A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form
hard count: When the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play
Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.
hard disc: Alternative spelling of hard disk
hard disc drive: Alternative spelling of hard disk drive
hard disk: One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers
hard disk: The unit itself, and all the disks within it
hard disk drive: pedantic form of hard drive or hard disk ; a fixed disc drive containing rigid discs
hard disk drives: plural form of hard disk drive
hard disks: plural form of hard disk
hard done by: used, cheated, dejected
King should feel a bit hard done by after being replaced in the team.
hard drive: A device used for storing large amounts of data for a computer that persist while the computer is turned off
hard drives: plural form of hard drive
hard drop: A manual downward motion of a piece that makes it land immediately (that is, within only one frame) and is possible in multiple versions of the video game Tetris
hard drops: plural form of hard drop
hard feelings: Resentment, anger
The eviction itself went relatively smoothly, but the hard feelings it generated resound deep inside Israeli army barracks.
hard freeze: A freeze sufficiently long and severe to destroy seasonal vegetation and lead to ice formation in standing water and hard ground. Three degrees C. below freezing is considered a threshold in the US
hard freezes: plural form of hard freeze
hard g: : The "g" sound in "get", "log" and "give" as distinct from the soft g in "gem", "giraffe", "lodge" and "generation"
hard gainer: : A person who has difficulty gaining weight either through diet or exercise
hard hat: A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects
hard hats: plural form of hard hat
hard head: A crooked organiser of a two-up game, who would cheat players out of their money. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
hard hit: In severe difficulties
hard hit: Severely affected by a problem
hard landscaping: A type of landscaping which prominently uses hard materials, like stone and metals, rather then 'soft' soil and planting
hard lemonade: an alcopop resembling lemonade
hard line: A firm stance or policy on which one will not compromise
hard lines: Expressed to someone suffering misfortune
hard luck: Expressed to someone suffering misfortune
hard maple: The sugar maple, Acer saccharum
hard matte: With the top and bottom of the film frame masked off in camera, as opposed to soft matte
hard money: Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies
hard mutation: A type of pronunciation change required when speaking certain Celtic languages
hard news: Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events
Ed Bradley, who died yesterday of leukemia at age 65, . . . covered hard news and soft features with equal commitment, grace and skill, and many of his stories and interviews were impossible to forget.
hard of hearing: Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf
Speak loudly, because Grandpa is somewhat hard of hearing.
hard palate: A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth
hard palates: plural form of hard palate
hard pill to swallow: Something that is hard to accept
That my own son could have done something so horrible is a hard pill to swallow.
hard put: To be in a situation that is difficult to resolve
I know what it means, but would be hard put to define it.
hard redirect: An automatic redirect
I'd prefer to use a hard redirect so that people don't even notice we've reorganised the site.
hard rock: A rock music genre, typically with heavy use of electric guitars, bass guitar and drums
hard science: The natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology
hard sciences: plural form of hard science
hard sell: A sales transaction which is challenging for the sales person to make; any act or object of persuasion which is challenging
Mr. Ignatieff's predecessor, Stéphane Dion, was a hard sell on the fundraising circuit, but so far, the new leader has proven to be a draw.
hard sell: A sales technique of pressuring the potential buyer to agree to a purchase
The Lockheed Corporation said today that it would reduce the price of its F-16 fighter plane, underscoring a new, aggressive posture. . . . It's the old hard sell, which is necessitated by the market conditions both here and overseas, Mr. Dane said.
hard shoulder: A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
hard skill: A technical skill, not one that is interpersonal
hard sledding: Difficulties, generally; a rough time
How are you, Mr. Wolfe. I wish to God you did. If there was anybody owed me anything I'd be with him like a saddle on a horse..
hard space: non-breaking space
hard start: An explosion in a rocket engine during startup, usually due to the presence of too much propellant prior to ignition
hard time: Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble
hard to come by: Difficult to find
hard up: Lacking money, impecunious, in financial difficulties
hard water: water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap
hard work: Something requiring lots of effort to do, either physical, mentally or emotionally; labor; toil
hard yakka: hard work
hard-and-fast: Strictly maintained (as of rules)
to stick to hard-and-fast rules.
hard-ass: tough, uncompromising and inflexible
hard-ass: A tough and combative person
Hopefully you don't take such a hard-ass approach as this.
hard-assed: Of a person who has a very difficult personality; a perfectionist
hard-bill: A bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts
As the ultimate hard-bills, woodpeckers even use their steel-hard bill to drill homes in solid trees.
hard-bitten: callous and toughened by experience
hard-boiled: callous and unsentimental
hard-boiled: cooked to a solid consistency
hard-code: Alternative spelling of hard code
hard-hitting: Aggressively vigorous or forceful
hard-liner: A person who takes a firm, uncompromising position on some policy
hard-nosed: hardheaded
hard-nosed: guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory
hard-on: erection of the penis
hard-pressed: Barely able
Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.
hard-pressed: Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving
The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed.
hard-sell: Alternative spelling of hard sell
hard-shell: Refusing to compromise; confirmed or deep-rooted
hard-shell: Having a rigid shell
hard-wire: To make a pattern of behaviour automatic
hard-wire: To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires
hard-wire: To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed
hard-won: Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship
hard-hearted: lacking pity or sympathy
hard court: an area for playing tennis which has a hard surface, not grass
hard to believe: difficult to believe or imagine
hard work: difficult work, labor that requires a lot of effort
hard copy: (Antika) In information handling, a hard copy is a permanent reproduction, or copy, in the form of a physical object, of any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data. Examples of hard copy include teleprinter pages, continuous printed tapes, computer printouts, and radio photo prints
hard on someone's heels: (deyim) If you are hard on someone's heels, you are close to them and trying to catch or overtake them. ('Hot on someone's heels' is also used.)
hard on the heels: (deyim) If something comes hard on the heels of something else, it happens very soon after it
A film contract came hard on the heels of the success of their first album.
harder: Comparative form of hard: more hard
Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.
hardly: Harshly, severely
I can't really deal hardly with people.
hardly: With difficulty
He made his way hardly through the enemies to the castle.
hardly: Not really
I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!.
hardly: Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion
Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things .
hardly: Barely, only just, almost not
It is hardly possible he could lose the election.
hardness: The quality of being hard
hardly: {a} with difficulty, cruelty, fatigue
Hard work: moil
Harding: An English and Irish surname, originally a patronymic from Hard
Harding: The 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), who made several misguided appointments that led to a corrupt administration. He died in office
Harding: {i} male first name; family name; Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923), 29th president of the United States (1921-23)
Hardness: obduredness
Hardness: obdureness
hard candy: candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy
hard candy: hard sugary sweet that is dissolved in the mouth by sucking
hard copy: A physical document, usually text on paper While additions to The Electronic Commerce Dictionary appear as soft copy in this Web page the original book is available only in hard copy (Return to home page for more book information )
hard copy: printed information on paper
hard copy: text that is typed or printed on paper; "he ran off a hard copy of the report
hard copy: Usually hard copy means paper, but presumably can mean any printed computer output, such as microfilm
hard copy: Written or printed output of an AAC system
hard copy: Printout of information stored on a computer
hard copy: printed on paper or other permanent media
hard copy: A printed document or copy of an image that's stored on computer
hard copy: A permanent form of computer system output?for example, information printed onto paper or film Contrasts with soft copy (pg 147)
hard copy: Usually paper copy which does not require magnification or a computer in order to be read
hard copy: The paper version of a document, as opposed to the version on disk or tape
hard copy: output of a computer printer as compared to digital data on a disk
hard copy: information that comes in printed form, printout
hard copy: (1) Recorded information copied from a computer onto paper or some other durable surface, such as microfilm To be distinguished from a temporary image on a display screen and from the electronic information on a magnetic tape or disk(ette) or in the computer's main memory See also OUTPUT RECORDS
hard copy: A printed copy of some data
hard copy: text that is typed or printed on paper; "he ran off a hard copy of the report"
hard copy: A printout on paper
hard copy: Hard copy is a printed paper copy of output in readable form It is also a transparency film or photograph of an image displayed on the monitor
hard copy: A printed version of a document, as opposed to the data in the computer
hard copy: A printed copy of a file, message, or graphic of the visual display on the screen of a computer monitor
hard copy: The original document of a transaction, such as sales drafts, credit slips, etc
hard copy: A hard copy of a document is a printed version of it, rather than a version that is stored on a computer. eight pages of hard copy. A printed copy, especially of the output of a computer or word processor. information from a computer that is printed out onto paper, or the printed papers themselves
hard copy: A printout of a computer file; a printed version of anything
hard copy: Output printed on paper
hard copy: The printed version of any document created using a computer programme, such as a Word-processor We used to refer to these as papers, pamphlets and books
hard copy: A print out of the manuscript Imprint- The name of the publishing company on the title page
hard copy: Printed images or information See also soft copy
hard copy: An actual printed paper copy of a computer document A soft copy exists only on a computer monitor
hard copy: In computer graphics and in telecommunications, a permanent reproduction, on any media suitable for direct use by a person, of displayed or transmitted data (188) Note 1: Examples of hard copy include teletypewriter pages, continuous printed tapes, facsimile pages, computer printouts, and radiophoto prints Note 2: Magnetic tapes, diskettes, and nonprinted punched paper tapes are not hard copy
hard core: {i} group of people who are ardently committed to a particular idea or goal; unyielding or uncompromising part of a group; militant faction
hard core: Hard core consists of pieces of broken stone that are used as a base on which to build roads. a the small group of people that are most active within a group or organization
hard core: the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement
hard disk: main drive of a computer, disk drive which reads and writes to a hard magnetic disk (Computers)
hard disk: A disk drive which contains one or more disks (which are hard platters rather than floppy disks) permanently sealed in it Hard disks are noted for their speed and high capacity
hard disk: The main device that a computer uses to store information Hard disks are rigid aluminum or glass disks about 3 5" in diameter in a personal computer, and smaller in a laptop They are coated with ferromagnetic material and rotate around a central axle Data is transferred magnetically by a read/write head A hard disk drive for a personal computer may contain as many as eight hard disks, rotating around the same axle Most hard disks are permanently connected to the drive, but there are removable hard disks Hard disk access time (the amount of time it takes to retrieve data) is measured in milliseconds
hard disk: A mass storage medium for computers that is typically available as a fixed disk (such as the disks used in the system units of personal computers or in drives that are external to a personal computer) or a removable cartridge
hard disk: A magnetically coated disk substrate that spins inside a disk drive and is used as the storage medium for digital data
hard disk: magnetic storage device consisting of 1 to 4 metal platters which are sealed inside a case Usually installed inside the computer's case, though there are removable and cartridge types
hard disk: a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
hard disk: A magnetic disk storage device used on larger microcomputers Hard disks are similar to the disk storage on mainframes, and are permanently installed in the micro