Hard Disk: High-capacity disk storage unit with a non-removable hard storage medium. The platters in a hard disk are normally made out of aluminum or glass and ceramic.

 

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Hard Disk: High-capacity disk storage unit with a non-removable hard storage medium. The platters in a hard disk are normally made out of aluminum or glass and ceramic.

Disk: Typically refers to a magnetic or optical storage medium on which information can be accessed, for example, the Hard Disk, Floppy Disk, CD, or DVD.

Boot Disk: This refers to a diskette that is formatted to actually boot your computer from. They were created as a backup tool in case the normal boot method (hard disk) has failed.

Hardware Manufacturer: Company that manufactures game systems (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft).

Hardware: These are the physical items including your computer and floppy discs.

Hardwood: Term for trees that have broad leaves (like oak, maple, ash, beech and walnut). Does not correlate to the actual hardness of the wood.

Hardwoods: Term applied to dicot trees, as opposed to softwoods, a term applied to gymnosperms.

High Hard One: Sounds a little dirty but it’s not. Refers to a fastball that is thrown high up, or even above the top of, the strike zone, with the hopes of getting the batter to swing and miss (also known . . . View Full Definition

Hardy-Weinberg Law: Law that states that the frequencies of genotypes in a population at a locus are determined by random mating and allele frequency

Hardy: The origin of this eaux-de-vie that makes this Cognac rare and excellent dates back to the 1870s