a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
a broken disk that comes back from the shop
Another name for a hard disk. You can't remove the disk from the computer, hence the name fixed.
(1.) A flat, circular, nonremovable plate with a magnetizable surface layer on which data can be stored by magnetic recording. A rigid magnetic disk used in a fixed-disk drive.(2.) The term fixed disk is also used loosely in the industry for boards and cartridges containing microchips or bubble memory that simulate the operations of a fixed-disk drive.
Hard disk inside the system unit of a desktop personal computer. 7.10