magnetic disk or optical disc. The term is commonly used to contrast hard disks with all-electronic solid state drives (SSDs). See hard disk and SSD. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

A hard disk comprises one or more aluminum or glass platters, coated with a ferromagnetic material. Although the terms "hard disk" and "hard drive" are used synonymously; technically, the disk ...

Chinese researchers are exploring the potential of organic materials to develop a new type of hard drive that could potentially store six times the amount of data compared to current mechanical models ...

Seagate has initiated the development of NVMe-based mechanical hard drives to address the evolving requirements of high-capacity storage in the artificial intelligence sector. At NVIDIA’s GTC ...

Because instead of a CRT and its associated electronics, they featured a spinning disk with a spiral pattern of holes. These mechanical TV systems were quickly superseded in the 1930s by all ...