magnetic disc

1. 1.

   (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

   Synonymsmagnetic diskdiskdisc

   Broadermemory device

   Narrowerdiskettehard disc

   computer science

Questions about magnetic disc

What does magnetic disc mean?

magnetic disc means "(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored".

What is another word for magnetic disc?

Close synonyms include magnetic disk, disk, disc. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magnetic disc a common word?

magnetic disc is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.