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What is a...

disk drive

...?

Definition:

A part of the computer that operates the disks that store information.


Explanation:

Disk drives are called "storage devices" because they store information on portable or permanent disks (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks and Zip disks). A disk drive spins the disk around at high speeds as it reads and writes data on the disk.


Sentence:

"Put your floppy in the floppy disk drive."

 

 

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