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Disk Drive

Example: "Internal hard drives are the most common type of disk drive."

The term "disk drive" is a general term that describes a device that reads and/or writes data to a disk. It is often used synonymously with "hard disk drive," but it may refer to other types of disk drives, such as optical media and removable media drives as well.

Published: August 30, 2010

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