hard disk drive; HDD
Computing term for a data storage device using magnetic disks. Often contrasted with SSD (solid-state drive).
See also: ハードディスク
This PC is equipped with a 1 TB HDD.
I saved the photos to the HDD.
After replacing the HDD with an SSD, booting became faster.
The HDD suddenly failed and I lost all my data.
I added an extra HDD because I was running out of storage space.
SSD uses flash memory and has no moving parts, while HDD (hard disk drive) stores data magnetically on spinning platters, making SSD faster but often more expensive per gigabyte.
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Initialism of English 'hard disk drive'. Borrowed directly into Japanese as a technical term.