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hard disk

hard disk noun: 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: one of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and...
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Noun

hard disk (plural hard disks)

  1. 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.
  2. The unit itself, and all the disks within it.

hard disk meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Sinhala

hard disk in Hindi

unit and all the disks within it
हार्ड डिस्क hārḍ ḍisk

hard disk in Tamil

வன்தட்டு, வன்தட்டு நிலை நினைவகம், நிலை வட்டு

hard disk in Bengali

unit and all the disks within it
হার্ড ডিস্ক harḍo ḍisko

hard disk in Sinhala

දෘඩ තැටිය
More languagesFewer languages
hard disk in Arabic
قُرْص صُلْب qurṣ ṣulb
hard disk in Indonesian
cakram keras, diska keras
hard disk in Persian
دیسک سخت disk-e saxt
hard disk in Thai
ฮาร์ดดิสก์ hâat-dìt
hard disk in Vietnamese
ổ đĩa cứng

Synonyms of hard disk

All synonyms of hard disk

Forms of hard disk

pluralhard disks
alternative formHD
alternative formhard disc
alternative formharddisk

Questions about hard disk

What does hard disk mean?
Hard disk means 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.
What is hard disk in Hindi?
Hard disk in Hindi is हार्ड डिस्क (hārḍ ḍisk). See Hard disk meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hard disk?
Hard disk is a noun.
What is the plural of hard disk?
The plural of hard disk is hard disks.

Words near hard disk in the dictionary

  1. hard determinists
  2. hard disc
  3. hard disc drive
  4. hard disc drives
  5. hard discs
  6. hard disk
  7. hard disk drive
  8. hard disk drives
  9. hard disks
  10. hard done by
  11. hard dough bread

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard disk (page history and authors); hard disk (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hard disk (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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