magnetic disk

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noun Computers.

Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
floppy disk.

Words nearby magnetic disk

magnetic course, magnetic declination, magnetic dip, magnetic dipole, magnetic dipole moment, magnetic disk, magnetic domain, magnetic drum, magnetic epoch, magnetic equator, magnetic field

Words related to magnetic disk

diskette

British Dictionary definitions for magnetic disk

magnetic disk

noun

computing another name for disk (def. 2)

Scientific definitions for magnetic disk

magnetic disk

A memory device, such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, that is covered with a magnetic coating. Digital information is stored on magnetic disks in the form of microscopically small, magnetized needles, each of which encodes a single bit of information by being polarized in one direction (representing 1) or the other (representing 0).