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fixed disk

[¦fikst ′disk]
(computer science)
A disk drive that permanently holds the disk platters.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fixed disk

(storage)
A hard disk which is not a removable disk.
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fixed disk

A non-removable hard disk such as is found in most computers. Programs and data are copied to and from the fixed disk. See hard disk and magnetic disk.
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