HDD

What does HDD stand for?

Hard Disk Drive

A quick reference to the most common storage device used by computers to store data; often called a "hard disk" or "hard drive;" not powered by electricity, they use a series of magnetic discs that magnetically record bits as ones and zeroes; an SSD is an alternative to an HDD.

Example

I have about 500GB on my HDD and 100GB on my external drive

Related Slang

GBGigabyte
TBTerabyte
SSDSolid State Drive
compComputer
mobMobile

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Updated February 12, 2014

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