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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A memory device, such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a removable cartridge, that is covered with a magnetic coating on which digital information is stored in the form of microscopic, magnetized regions.

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  • noun (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

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