(2) A device that spins, reads and writes a removable storage medium such as a CD, DVD or floppy disk. In the past, hard disks were also available as removable media (see removable disk).

(1) For AMD's CPU, see Winchester. (2) An early removable disk drive from IBM that placed the read/write heads and platters in a sealed unit. Before the Winchester architecture, the read/write ...

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