An electromechanical device that reads from and writes to disks. The main components of a disk drive include a spindle on which the disk is mounted, a drive motor that spins the disk when the drive is in operation, one or more read/write heads, a second motor that positions the read/write heads over the disk, and controller circuitry that synchronizes read/write activities and transfers information to and from the computer. Two types of disk drives are in common use: floppy disk drives and hard disk drives. Floppy disk drives are designed to accept removable disks in either 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch format; hard disk drives are faster, high-capacity storage units that are completely enclosed in a protective case.
(Computer science) Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it; SYN. disc drive, hard drive, Winchester drive.
Mechanical device that reads data from and writes data to a magnetic disc.
Gerät, das Speichermedien wie Disketten oder Festplatten beschreiben und lesen kann.
1. In der Fahrzeugtechnik eine anderer Bez. für Fahrwerk.
2. In der Computertechnik der Geräteteil zum Betrieb von Massenspeichern wie Disketten, Festplatten, CD-ROM u.a.
Andere Bezeichnung für Festplatte.