laptop hard drive
1hard drive — UK US noun [C] (also hard disk) IT ► a disk on which a large amount of information can be stored and used by a computer or other piece of electronic equipment: »a computer/laptop/PC hard drive »internal/external/removable hard drive …
2Hard-disk platter — Hard disk with platter A hard disk platter (or disk) is a component of a hard disk drive: it is the circular disk on which the magnetic data is stored. The rigid nature of the platters in a hard drive is what gives them their name (as opposed to… …
3Hard disk drive — Hard drive redirects here. For other uses, see Hard drive (disambiguation). Hard disk drive Mechanical interior of a modern hard disk drive Date invented 24 December 1954 [1] …
4Drive letter assignment — is the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to physical or logical disk drives or partitions (drive volumes) in the root filesystem namespace; this usage is now mostly found in Microsoft operating systems. Unlike the concept of UNIX… …
5Laptop — A desktop replacement laptop with its 18.4 inch screen showing its technical specifications. A laptop, also called a notebook,[1][2] is a personal computer for …
6Solid-state drive — A solid state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid state memory to store persistent data. Unlike flash based memory cards and USB flash drives, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most… …
7One Laptop per Child — OLPC redirects here. For other uses, see OLPC (disambiguation). One Laptop per Child Formation January 2005 Type Non profit Headquarters Cambridge, Massachuset …
8USB flash drive — JumpDrive redirects here. For the fictional propulsion system, see Jump drive. SanDisk Cruzer Micro, a brand of USB flash drives …
9Disk-drive performance characteristics — are the attributes which control the time it takes to transfer (read or write) data between a computer and a data storage device (most typically disk storage) starting with the initial command from the computer or host until the storage device… …
10External hard disk drive — An external hard disk drive is a type of hard disk drive which is externally connected to a computer. Modern entries into the market consist of standard SATA, IDE, or SCSI hard drives in portable disk enclosures with SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394 Firewire …
