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die Festplatte

hard drive, hard disk

Die Festplatte meines Computers ist voll.

My computer's hard drive is full.

Ich speichere die Daten auf einer externen Festplatte.

I'm saving the data on an external hard drive.

to save ((sth.)) on a hard drive I save the data on an external hard drive.

Speichermedium (storage medium), Laufwerk (drive)

From 'fest' (solid, fixed) + 'Platte' (plate, disk). Literally a 'solid plate'.

Picture a very solid ('fest') plate ('Platte') that firmly holds all your digital data.

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