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Write speed is how fast data can be recorded to a storage medium—hard drives, SSDs, USB drives, or optical discs.

It's typically measured in megabytes per second.

Write speed matters when saving large files, installing software, or recording video: The drive's write speed couldn't keep up with the 4K footage.

Usually slower than read speed for the same device.

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