Festplatte — meaning in English

English meaning

• disk noun A flat, round, thin object.
• platter noun A large, flat dish used for serving food, especially to a group.

Senses

Festplatte is used for these senses in English:

• disk (computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.
• hard drive (computing, computer hardware) An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

disk — full definition

1. noun A flat, round, thin object.
2. noun A round, flat storage device used in computers, such as a hard disk or floppy disk.

platter — full definition

1. noun A large, flat dish used for serving food, especially to a group.
2. noun A main dish served together with several side items on one plate.
3. noun A vinyl record, or the rotating disk in a turntable or hard drive that holds data.

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