
(a 2.5β³ hard drive that has been opened, exposing its inner workings)
(this is a 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard drive with SATA connections)
(this 2.5β³ hard drive is common in laptops)
β29 august 2013β²
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-as of [28 DECEMBER 2023]β
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*aka* β>
βHDDβ
βhard diskβ
βhard driveβ
βfixed diskβ
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*a βhard disk driveβ is an βelectro-mechanical data storage deviceβ that uses βmagnetic storageβ to βstore / receiveβ digital data using 1 or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with βmagnetic materialβ*
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β *βEXTERNAL DATA STORAGEβ*
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