Definition of disk drive in US English:
disk drive
nounˈdis(k) ˌdrīvˈdɪs(k) ˌdraɪv
A device which allows a computer to read from and write on to computer disks.
Example sentencesExamples
- Still, there are ways of squeezing more performance out of a disk drive with a larger cache memory.
- This software communicates directly to the disk drive, bypassing the operating system.
- The lab assistants will also show users how to store data and retrieve it from the public disk drive.
- If you want me to learn something, plug my disk drive into your computer and download information into me.
- A computer disk drive transducer head having spatially separated read and write heads is provided.
- An actuator assembly is provided for a computer disc drive.
- If the devices have a disk drive then they act as servers for the encryption keys and control the rights of the other, tethered devices.
- The temperature of the hard disk drive was read with a thermometer tool.
- As computers evolved and the need for faster access became a must for the business world, IBM invented the disk drive.
- Additionally, we have a common public disk drive in the computer lab area of the library where people can save their data to pick up in the lab.
- In fact, the time it takes to restore an entire disk drive from an image can be measured in minutes.
- In the past, when a disk drive was updated in a personal computer, the old disk drive was thrown away.
- With the new drive a hard disk drive is now the most durable and rugged peripheral in the industry.
- A method for correcting read errors in a disk drive is also disclosed.
- The process is demanding, since it must drill down through multiple layers between the application and the disk drive.
- A standard disk drive could not even hope to attempt this volume of accesses.
- The disk and tape complement each other because the disk drive is still more likely to encounter failure relative to tape.