spinning disk
Whirling flat round
A spinning disk is a data storage device that records information on rotating magnetic platters—the technology behind traditional hard drives, as opposed to solid-state drives with no moving parts.
The term emphasizes the mechanical nature: read/write heads move across platters that spin at high speeds.
We upgraded from spinning disk to SSD for faster boot times.
In computing contexts, spinning disk often carries connotations of older, slower, but cheaper and higher-capacity storage.
- rotatingTurning on an axis
- platterLarge flat serving dish
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- turntableRotating music player
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- fluorescence microscopyfluorescent dye, fluorescein, CFP, confocal, laser scanning
- rotational mechanicsangular momentum, moment of inertia, rotational motion, torque, rotational axis
spinning disksolid-state drive
Flash-based persistent storage
SSD · flash memory · flash drive · memory card · thumb drive