magnetic disk

[ mag-net-ik disk ]

noun

, Computers.

1. a hard disk or floppy disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.

magnetic disk

noun

1. computing another name for disk

magnetic disk

1. 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).

Example Sentences

Magnetic disk and drum bulk storage devices have also undergone much development recently.

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