🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

disco rígido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: disco rígido

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hard-Disk/hɑrd dɪsk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O disco rígido do computador falhou."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.

    "The computer's hard disk failed, causing a loss of important files."
  2. 2

    A component of a computer that stores operating systems, applications, and user data.

    "She upgraded her hard disk to increase the storage capacity of her laptop."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'hard disk' originated in the 1950s, derived from the combination of 'hard', referring to the rigid material of the disk, and 'disk', from the Latin 'discus', meaning a flat, circular object. Over time, it evolved to describe a specific type of data storage device used in computers.

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