hard disk
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English
Alternative forms
Noun
hard disk (plural hard disks)
- (computer hardware) 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.
- (computer hardware) The unit itself, and all the disks within it.
Synonyms
Translations
recording disk in a drive unit
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unit and all the disks within it
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See also
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English hard disk.
Pronunciation
Noun
- hard disk, hard drive
- Synonym: pevný disk
Declension
Declension of hard disk (velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hard disk | hard disky |
| genitive | hard disku | hard disků |
| dative | hard disku | hard diskům |
| accusative | hard disk | hard disky |
| vocative | hard disku | hard disky |
| locative | hard disku | hard discích |
| instrumental | hard diskem | hard disky |
Further reading
- “hard disk”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz (in Czech), 1995
Romanian
Noun
hard disk n (plural hard discuri)