Computer
Computer noun - A machine for performing calculations automatically.
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Disk drive and computer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disk drive" instead a noun "Computer".
Disk drive
Disk drive noun - Computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it.
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Synonyms for Disk drive
Computer and disk drive are semantically related. You can use "Computer" instead a noun phrase "Disk drive".
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Gone Horribly Right: The computer was so popular, Commodore couldn't cancel it, even after the disk drive became more expensive to manufacture than the C64 itself.
Source: Useful Notes / Commodore 64 - It was so poorly written that upon installation, it would open huge holes in security, crash the computer's OS (Windows Vista in particular would require a reinstall) and could break the disk drive's hardware.
Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming -
Amstrad bought Sinclair's computer line in 1986 and continued improving the Speccy with a full-travel keyboard, an internal cassette drive, and finally with a disk drive (similar to the Amstrad CPC 6128) in 1987.
Source: Useful Notes / ZX Spectrum
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