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マスタドライブ

Meanings

1

noun

master drive

computing

Computing term for a primary storage drive, often contrasted with slave drives in older IDE configurations.

このPCでは、マスタドライブにOSがインストールされている。
On this PC, the OS is installed on the master drive.

Written forms

マスタ・ドライブ
- マスタドライブ
  Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
- マスタ・ドライブ

Similar words

スレーブドライブ
A slave drive is the secondary device on the same IDE channel, controlled by the master drive.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'master drive', a technical term in computing.