disknoun [ C ]
uk/dɪsk/us/dɪsk/B1 a flat, circular device that is used for storing information:
Put the disk into the drive.
I saved the photos onto a disk for you.
a digital/audio/magnetic/optical disk
See also
floppy
hard drive
See also
disc
More examples
- How much data can you store on a floppy disk?
- a virus erased my hard disk
- The data is stored on a hard disk and backed up on a floppy disk.
- The display problems might be due to a shortage of disk space.
- There's too much data to fit onto just the one disk.
- Flatten the pastry into a thin disc with your hands.
- The sun looked like an orange disc, barely visible through the haze of gas and ash that filled the sky.
- His greatest hits album consists of 2 discs and over 40 songs.
- A DVD is a five-inch disc that plays films as well as music.
- A gold disc is awarded when a million dollars worth of records are sold.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- patch
- procedure
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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