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.

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fixed diskhard disk drivehard drivespinning rustWinchester diskhard disc
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Meanings

nounhard disk (plural hard disks)

plural hard disks · alternative HD · alternative hard disc · alternative harddisk

  1. computer hardwareOne 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.

    Synonyms: fixed disk, hard disk drive, hard drive, spinning rust, Winchester disk

  2. computer hardwareThe unit itself, and all the disks within it.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne 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.

Similar
fixed diskhard disk drivehard drivespinning rustWinchester disk

More synonyms by meaning

nouna rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit

Similar
hard discfixed disk
Broader
magnetic diskmagnetic discdisk
Also see
fixed diskhard disk drivehard drive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قُرْص صُلْب
  • قُرْص صُلْب (qurṣ ṣulb)unit and all the disks within it
Bengali হার্ড ডিস্ক
  • হার্ড ডিস্ক (harḍo ḍisko)unit and all the disks within it
Bulgarian твърд диск
  • твърд диск (tvărd disk)unit and all the disks within it
Catalan disc dur, disc dur
  • disc durrecording disk in a drive unit
  • disc durunit and all the disks within it
Chinese Mandarin 硬碟, 硬盤 /硬盘
  • 硬碟 (yìngdié)recording disk in a drive unit
  • 硬盤 /硬盘 (yìngpán)recording disk in a drive unit
  • 硬碟 (yìngdié)unit and all the disks within it
  • 硬盤 /硬盘 (yìngpán)unit and all the disks within it
Czech pevný disk
  • pevný diskunit and all the disks within it
Danish harddisk
  • harddiskunit and all the disks within it
Dutch harde schijf
  • harde schijfunit and all the disks within it
Finnish kiintolevy, kovalevy
  • kiintolevyrecording disk in a drive unit
  • kovalevyrecording disk in a drive unit
  • kiintolevyunit and all the disks within it
  • kovalevyunit and all the disks within it
French disque dur, disque dur
  • disque durrecording disk in a drive unit
  • disque durunit and all the disks within it
German Festplatte, Festplatte
  • Festplatterecording disk in a drive unit
  • Festplatteunit and all the disks within it
Greek σκληρός δίσκος, σκληρός δίσκος
  • σκληρός δίσκος (sklirós dískos)recording disk in a drive unit
  • σκληρός δίσκος (sklirós dískos)unit and all the disks within it
Hebrew כונן קשיח
  • כונן קשיחunit and all the disks within it
Hindi हार्ड डिस्क
  • हार्ड डिस्क (hārḍ ḍisk)unit and all the disks within it
Hungarian merevlemez, merevlemez
  • merevlemezrecording disk in a drive unit
  • merevlemezunit and all the disks within it
Indonesian cakram keras, diska keras
  • cakram kerasunit and all the disks within it
  • diska kerasunit and all the disks within it
Italian disco fisso, hard disk
  • disco fissorecording disk in a drive unit
  • hard diskrecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco rigidorecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco durorecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco fissounit and all the disks within it
  • hard diskunit and all the disks within it
  • disco rigidounit and all the disks within it
  • disco durounit and all the disks within it
Japanese ハードディスク, ハードディスク
  • ハードディスク (hādodisuku)recording disk in a drive unit
  • ハードディスク (hādodisuku)unit and all the disks within it
Korean 하드 디스크, 하드 디스크
  • 하드 디스크 (hadeu diseukeu)recording disk in a drive unit
  • 하드 디스크 (hadeu diseukeu)unit and all the disks within it
Māori kōpae matua
  • kōpae matuarecording disk in a drive unit
Persian دیسک سخت
  • دیسک سخت (disk-e saxt)unit and all the disks within it
Polish dysk twardy, dysk twardy
  • dysk twardyrecording disk in a drive unit
  • dysk twardyunit and all the disks within it
Portuguese disco rígido, disco rígido
  • disco rígidorecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco rígidounit and all the disks within it
Romanian hard disk
  • hard diskunit and all the disks within it
Russian жёсткий диск, винче́стер
  • жёсткий диск (žóstkij disk)recording disk in a drive unit
  • винче́стер (vinčéster)recording disk in a drive unit
  • хард-ди́ск (xard-dísk)recording disk in a drive unit
  • жёсткий диск (žóstkij disk)unit and all the disks within it
  • винче́стер (vinčéster)unit and all the disks within it
  • хард-ди́ск (xard-dísk)unit and all the disks within it
  • винт (vint)unit and all the disks within it
Scottish Gaelic clàr cruaidh, clàr cruaidh
  • clàr cruaidhrecording disk in a drive unit
  • clàr cruaidhunit and all the disks within it
Slovak pevný disk
  • pevný diskunit and all the disks within it
Spanish disco duro, disco rígido
  • disco durorecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco rígidorecording disk in a drive unit
  • disco durounit and all the disks within it
Thai ฮาร์ดดิสก์
  • ฮาร์ดดิสก์ (hâat-dìt)unit and all the disks within it
Turkish sabit disk, sert disk
  • sabit diskrecording disk in a drive unit
  • sert diskrecording disk in a drive unit
  • sabit diskunit and all the disks within it
  • sert diskunit and all the disks within it
Ukrainian тве́рдий диск
  • тве́рдий диск (tvérdyj dysk)unit and all the disks within it
Vietnamese ổ đĩa cứng
  • ổ đĩa cứngunit and all the disks within it
Welsh disg caled
  • disg caledrecording disk in a drive unit
Cite this entry
APA

hard disk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20disk

MLA

“hard disk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20disk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard disk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20disk.

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