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Definition: Hard Disk |
Hard DiskNoun1. A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Hard disk |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Hard DiskSynonyms: fixed disk (n), hard disc (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Record | Compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Business | Apart from peripherals bundled with computing products, there is also a substantial after-market for peripherals such as hard disk drives and monitors. (references) | |
This report covers memory storage devices for personal computers, such as floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, CD-RW drives, and DVD-ROM drives. (references) | ||
Japan is the strongest in the low capacity segment, such as floppy disk drives (FDDs), while U.S. remains strong in the medium and high capacity segments, such as hard disk drives (HDDs). A substantial portion of Korean imports of disk storage devices, including HDDs, comes from the U.S.-owned manufacturing bases in Singapore and Thailand. (references) | ||
Economic History | Greece | The Business Software Alliance (BSA) faces hard disk loading and sales of counterfeit products throughout Greece. (references) |
Hong Kong | A first-ever conviction for hard disk loading piracy has helped to discourage the previously widespread practice of retailers bundling unlicensed software with new computers. (references) | |
Thailand | Thailand aims to be a production hub in the region for components of semiconductors, hard-disk drives and fiber optics products . Production of software, electrical appliances and wireless local loops is also on the rise to support industrial sectors such as automotive, micro controller and other high technology industries . Production in the telecommunication industry in Thailand is expected to grow 30 percent over the next five years . Supporting industries, especially leasing of machinery to produce hard disk drives and assemble IC and PCB will also rise . All production and test equipment is imported, with the US share about 5-10 percent of total importation . Plant executives usually make procurement of equipment for midstream to downstream manufacturing such as assembly and surface mounting machines, while the head office decides procurement of upstream technology . (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | That said, the authorities are always sensitive to the import and export of information, such as that on a hard disk. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "hard disk": hard disk drive. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hard disk | 791 |
hard disk utility | 367 |
hard disk data recovery | 253 |
hard disk drive | 251 |
hard disk recovery | 234 |
hard disk repair | 151 |
hard disk format | 146 |
hard disk copy | 76 |
hard disk partition | 64 |
usb hard disk | 52 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hard disk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 硬磁盤 (hard drive), 硬盤 . (various references) | |
Czech | pevný disk. (various references) | |
Danish | hard disk (hard disc), hård magnetplade (hard disc), monomagnetplade (hard disc), magnetpladelager (disk, disk drive, disk unit, hard disc, magnetic disk, magnetic disk unit). (various references) | |
Dutch | harde schijf (hard disc, hard disk drive, hard drive), schijf in kartridges (hard disc). (various references) | |
Finnish | umpilevy (hard disc), kovalevy (hard disc, hardboard, hardpressed fibreboard, medium board), kiintolevy (hard disc). (various references) | |
French | disque dur (hard disc, harddisk). (various references) | |
German | Festplatte (fixed disk, hard-disk). (various references) | |
Greek | σκληρόσ δίσκοσ, σκληρός δίσκος (hard disc). (various references) | |
Italian | disco rigido (hard disc). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardhay iskday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | moeda forte (hard money, strong currency), disco rígido (hard disc, hard drink), disco duro (hard disc). (various references) | |
Russian | жесткий диск (hard-disk). (various references) | |
Spanish | disco no flexible, disco duro (hard disc, hard disk drive, hard drive). (various references) | |
Swedish | hårddisk (disk, hard dick, hard disc, harddisk, hard-disk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-h-i-k-r-s" | |
-1 letter: darkish, kaddish. | |
-2 letters: khadis, radish, rakish, shaird, shikar. | |
-3 letters: darks, dashi, dhaks, dirks, haiks, hairs, hards, harks, kadis, khadi, raids, rakis, shard, shark, shirk. | |
-4 letters: adds, aids, airs, arid, arks, dads, dahs, dais, daks, dark, dash, dhak, dirk, dish, disk, haik, hair, hard, hark, irks, kadi, khis, kids, kirs, kris, rads, raid, raki, rash, rias, rids, risk, sadi, said, saki, sard, sari, sark, shad, shri, skid. | |
-5 letters: add, ads, aid, air, ais, ark, ars, ash, ask, dad, dah, dak, did, dis, had, has, hid, his, ids, irk, kas, khi, kid, kir, rad, rah, ras, ria, rid, sad, sha, sir, ska, ski, sri. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 72 64 44 69 73 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a r d   D i s k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0072 0064 0044 0069 0073 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678470238758577 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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