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• disk drive — ➔ drive2 * * * disk drive UK US noun [C] IT ► a piece of equipment in a computer that stores information so that it can be read later: »a computer/floppy/hard disk drive »IBM sold its disk drive business and stopped marketing its computers to the …   Financial and business terms

• disk drive — disk drives N COUNT 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. (in BRIT, also use disc… …   English dictionary

• disk drive — Drive Drive (dr[imac]v), n. 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. [1913 Webster] 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• disk drive — disk ,drive noun count the part of a computer that reads information from a disk or records information onto a disk …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• disk drive — n a piece of equipment in a computer system that is used to get information from a disk or to store information on it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• disk drive — disk′ drive n. cmp a device in or attached to a computer that enables the user to read data from or store data on a disk • Etymology: 1970–75 …   From formal English to slang

• Disk Drive —   [engl.], Diskettenlaufwerk …   Universal-Lexikon

• disk drive — ► NOUN ▪ a device which allows a computer to read from and write on to computer disks …   English terms dictionary

• disk drive — noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it • Syn: ↑disc drive, ↑hard drive, ↑Winchester drive • Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• disk drive —    A peripheral storage device that reads and writes magnetic or optical disks. When more than one disk drive is installed on a computer, the operating system as sign seach drive (or logical drive) a unique name.    Several types of disk drives… …   Dictionary of networking

• disk drive — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms disk drive : singular disk drive plural disk drives computing the part of a computer that reads information from a disk or records information onto a disk …   English dictionary