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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hardware device that reads data stored on a disk and writes data onto the disk for storage.

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  • noun computing a computer drive that reads a computer storage medium the shape of a disc

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  • noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

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