Meanings
nounhard drive (plural hard drives)
plural hard drives
- computer hardwareAn electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
Synonyms: hard disc, hard disk, hard disc drive, hard disk drive, HD, HDD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncomputer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
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Translations
Afrikaans hardeskyf
- hardeskyfdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Arabic قُرْص صُلْب
- قُرْص صُلْب (qurṣ ṣulb)device used for storing large amounts of data
Basque disko gogor
- disko gogordevice used for storing large amounts of data
Bengali হার্ড ডিস্ক
- হার্ড ডিস্ক (harḍo ḍisko)device used for storing large amounts of data
Bulgarian твърд диск
- твърд диск (tvărd disk)device used for storing large amounts of data
Catalan disc dur
- disc durdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Chinese Mandarin 硬碟, 硬盤 /硬盘
- 硬碟 (yìngdié)device used for storing large amounts of data
- 硬盤 /硬盘 (yìngpán)device used for storing large amounts of data
Czech pevný disk
- pevný diskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Danish harddisk
- harddiskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Dutch harde schijf
- harde schijfdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Esperanto malmola disko, durdisko
- malmola diskodevice used for storing large amounts of data
- durdiskodevice used for storing large amounts of data
Estonian kõvaketas
- kõvaketasdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Finnish kiintolevy, kovalevy
- kiintolevydevice used for storing large amounts of data
- kovalevydevice used for storing large amounts of data
French disque dur
- disque durdevice used for storing large amounts of data
German Festplatte
- Festplattedevice used for storing large amounts of data
Greek σκληρός δίσκος
- σκληρός δίσκος (sklirós dískos)device used for storing large amounts of data
Hawaiian kakena paʻaloko
- kakena paʻalokodevice used for storing large amounts of data
Hebrew כונן קשיח
- כונן קשיחdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Hungarian merevlemez
- merevlemezdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Icelandic harður diskur, harðdiskur
- harður diskurdevice used for storing large amounts of data
- harðdiskurdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Indonesian cakram keras, diska keras
- cakram kerasdevice used for storing large amounts of data
- diska kerasdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Irish tiomántán crua
- tiomántán cruadevice used for storing large amounts of data
Italian disco rigido
- disco rigidodevice used for storing large amounts of data
Japanese ハードディスク
- ハードディスク (hādodisuku)device used for storing large amounts of data
Korean 하드 디스크
- 하드 디스크 (hadeu diseukeu)device used for storing large amounts of data
Latvian cietais disks, cietnis
- cietais disksdevice used for storing large amounts of data
- cietnisdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Lithuanian standusis diskas
- standusis diskasdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Malay cakera keras
- cakera kerasdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Norwegian platelager
- platelagerdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Persian دیسک سخت, هارد دیسک
- دیسک سخت (diske saxt)device used for storing large amounts of data
- هارد دیسک (hârd disk)device used for storing large amounts of data
Polish dysk twardy
- dysk twardydevice used for storing large amounts of data
Portuguese disco rígido, disco duro
- disco rígidodevice used for storing large amounts of data
- disco durodevice used for storing large amounts of data
Romanian hard disk, disc dur
- hard diskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
- disc durdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Russian жёсткий диск, винче́стер
- жёсткий диск (žóstkij disk)device used for storing large amounts of data
- винче́стер (vinčéster)device used for storing large amounts of data
- ха́рддиск (xárddisk)device used for storing large amounts of data
Slovak pevný disk
- pevný diskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Spanish disco duro
- disco durodevice used for storing large amounts of data
Swahili kiendeshi diski kuu
- kiendeshi diski kuudevice used for storing large amounts of data
Swedish hårddisk
- hårddiskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Tagalog hard disk
- hard diskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Tamil வன்வட்டு
- வன்வட்டு (vaṉvaṭṭu)device used for storing large amounts of data
Thai ฮาร์ดดิสก์
- ฮาร์ดดิสก์ (hâat-dìt)device used for storing large amounts of data
Turkish sabit disk
- sabit diskdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Ukrainian твердий диск
- твердий диск (tverdyj dysk)device used for storing large amounts of data
Urdu ہارڈ ڈسک
- ہارڈ ڈسکdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Vietnamese ổ đĩa cứng
- ổ đĩa cứngdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Yiddish האַרטער דיסק
- האַרטער דיסקdevice used for storing large amounts of data
Cite this entry
APA
hard drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drive
MLA
“hard drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard drive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drive.
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